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Hi all!... Would it be anyway possible to develop a photographic memory after mastering the technique of photoreading?

According to Paul Scheele, very very few people are born with photographic memory, and even fewer are able to develop it who do not have the natural skill to begin with.

In my opinion, PhotoReading is by far the next best thing. It provides you with an easy-to-learn and easy-to-use systematic way of speeding up how quickly your brain learns, comprehends, and retains all types of printed material.

Next question becomes . . . What about someone who used to have photographic memory years ago? Would that person be able to access it again? And if so, how?

Laurie

It is our belief, however unfounded or untested, that when we PhotoRead we are using the same neural pathways that make eidetic memory (true photographic memory) possible.

Researchers claim that we are all born with a photographic memory, but that we give it up when we learn symbolic languages of numbers and letters. They also claim that only one percent of the population retain eidetic imagery as a memory strategy into adulthood.

Can we all reclaim our photographic memory heritage? That is a matter for philosophers to debate. In the meanwhile, we can all enjoy the benefits of that heritage when using the PhotoReading whole mind system.

Lucid or conscious eidetic imagery is what we call "spontaneous activation." We do not emphasize it, but we do encourage the continual development of those pathways which make it possible. Over our years of collecting anecdotal evidence, spontaneous activation will vary from time to time and from person to person based on their history and the circumstances under which they "cue" the memories. Read our references to spontaneous activation and then keep us informed on your progress.

An interesting thing that is overlooked by us in out enthusiasm to gain and eidetic memory (so called photographic memory).

1.An eidetic memory can interfer with our day to day reality... are we just looking at our memory or are we experiening reality. Our internal processor protect us in this way to ensure that we recognises a memory from reality. It pointless remembering how a street looked in your memory if today they dug a ditch and put warning signs up telling you the landscape has changed. If you have an accute eidetic memory then you could find the current reality not matching, but how would you tell?

2. If we rely on an eidetic memory for information you would delay gaining knowledge of it till later, you'd then have to read it when you want the information... That is not great if you have to search your memory for the right page with the answer in a test. Eg you got 9 minutes on a test and it takes you 30 to find the information in a book... when you have found the right book that is.

My conclusion, for now, is that the reason we don't rely on an eidetic memory is simply because our mind has sorted out the information to make it useful to us on an ongoing basis. For the most part we do not need to parrot back information that is written in text verbatim. In fact if we did this during a test we'd be accused of cheating. Also being able to parrot back information does not enhance our knowledge of a subject. Only by putting it into our own words does it have meaning to us. Once we modified it in this way, the eidetic memory of something we've read or experienced is also modified.

It seems to me we all have an eidetic memory, we just keep modifying it when we use it. Actually if you played the dictionary game you have to demonstrate some form of eidetic memory (photographic memory) in picking the right location of a word etc. Since we train our mind to gain more information out of books rather than just what they page looks like we bypass eidetic memory and go straight for the information.

My conclusion ... for now, still checking.

Alex

You could do what I did: Photoread books about improving your memory =)

Actually, I did photoread some sites on how to improve your memory, and I came across mnemonic techniques. At first I dismissed it because it wasn't what I was looking for, then on a whim I tested out the techniques. Not bad, really.

Using pseudonumerology I was able to remember 200 digits of pi in a couple hours. By the end of the week I had over 500 down pat. I was going to go for 1,000, but to be honest with the specific system it wasn't really that big of a challenge, plus the pay off is small; you tell your friends you know 1,000 digits of pi. So what? =/

In any case, the point is there are mnemonic systems out there that are probably just as useful as a photographic memory. I heard one story where Harry Lorraine (sp?) used to have shows displaying how good his memory was. Before each show he would introduce himself to every person walking into the room (about 500 people). At the intermission, as they re-entered the room from the break, he would tell them their names.

That's how good he was, and he didn't have a photographic memory.

-Ramon http://razor.ramon.com

if i could count off 500 digits of pi to my math teacher he would have a heart attack or give me lots of xtra credit... thats really cool

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Originally posted by razordu30:
Using pseudonumerology I was able to remember 200 digits of pi in a couple hours. By the end of the week I had over 500 down pat.

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Ramon-

Pi memorization has become a competitive contest among my friends. Two of them have gotten around 50 digits or so, which is pretty impressive (using no special technique), but I would LOVE to see the look on their faces as I recited 500 digits.

My question is: when you memorized 500 digits of pi, how quickly were you able to recite them? I checked out the psuedonumerology website, and learned the basics of the system. Though it seems that anytime I want to recall a number using a phrase, it takes an uncomfortable amount of time to do so. (OK...My=3, um..Love=5...8..,Stirs=0..1....4..0). It just takes too long figuring it out in my head. It would be pretty lame to sit there for hours sputtering a number every few seconds, when my friends can go "3.14159..." , rattling digits off at an auctioneer's pace.

Perhaps I just need more practice.

What's the name of the site that you guys are talking about? I mean about this psuedonumerology. Because I would really like to remember about 50-500 digits of pi. Thank you for your time.

I believe it's psuedonumerology.com