PSYCH 140M Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Solomon Shereshevsky, Stephen Wiltshire, Clive Wearing
Document Summary
Sometimes we seem to have bad memories, and sometimes we seem to have good memories. Solomon shereshevsky (russian journalist) -could memorize 70 digits or words (forward and backward), could memorize long poems in foreign language (in minutes) Given a 10-digit string of pi, could pick up series from there. Developed an interest in drawing at age 4. Savant - could look at things even briefly and later draw them in great detail. Can draw the entire cities after a brief helicopter ride around the city. Sometimes referred to as the living camera . Viral infection caused encephalitis - (inflammation of the brain), resulting in. Can"t remember things that happened more than a minute or so before. Constantly believes he has just returned to consciousness. Cannot form new memories, though he has some memory from his earlier life. General knowledge is greatly affected as well. Theorists have historically related memory to whatever current technologies they had.
