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Monday, January 09, 2006

Photographic memory...

I wish i had a photographic memory, so I could remember all the precious moments that have passed. Wouldn't that make life so much easier?

I guess I don't have a photographic memory... I could remember a few little things that did stick in my mind, but not all. I have heard of people who can remember exactly what they have read in a page and reproduce the same! I just envy them...

7 Comments:

At 2:00 AM, Blogger Sindhu said...

I wish I had them too. I can't manage to remember even the things that happened earlier the same day!

 
At 11:00 AM, Blogger mystery said...

not all ppl ahve these kind of memory...only very very few ppl do..and i am not one of them:)

 
At 11:12 AM, Blogger Ash said...

hai ricky ...

wordsworth once said...poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful emotions and he added recollected in tranquility ...

echoes ?

Ash

 
At 11:18 AM, Blogger Ricky said...

I was inquisitive to know more about photographic memory and did a search on the net.. this is what it read:

The lesson we can draw from most examples of "photographic memory" is that there are truly effective memory strategies, and anyone who wants to put in the requisite time and energy can achieve such a powerful memory. However, the point that most so-called "memory trainers" don't make, is that to achieve such levels of mastery requires a great deal of practice. Moreover, their accomplishments are specific to the memory task they have practiced.

Practicing a particular strategy leads to skill at that strategy, it doesn't lead to a "good memory". There is no such thing as a good memory, and no such thing as a bad one. You may be good at remembering some things, and poor at remembering others.

 
At 12:23 AM, Blogger Sindhu said...

Now I know why I can't remember things! Sheer laziness!!

 
At 8:49 AM, Blogger Ricky said...

@Sindhu - :)

 
At 9:39 AM, Blogger Ram said...

Ricky,
I have a somewhat gud photographic memory, but i dont use it in books and i cannot :), but i use it to remember ppl whom i have met only once, some gud movie clips etc. Thanks to God he gave me this.

 

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