Memory Search By A Memorist

by Charles P. Thompson, Thaddeus M. Cowan, Jerome Frieman, et al.

Book Overview

This book describes the first comprehensive experimental research program on an individual who exhibits exceptional memory. Rajan Mahadevan, the subject of these investigations, won a place in the Guinness Book of Records for reciting pi to 31,811 decimal places, can learn matrices up to size 20 X 20, and can produce memory spans above 60 for digits. Utilizing the methodology and theories of modern cognitive psychology, the authors systematically...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138876356
• ISBN13: 9781138876354
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: Psychology Press
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"