tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256801828148573136.post364675496767334778..comments2024-01-26T17:29:53.415-05:00Comments on Reader's Almanac: Count Mark Twain among Joshua Foer’s many “memory palace” buildersThe Library of Americahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17586915922688562543noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-256801828148573136.post-63432742048227172042011-03-10T13:05:34.079-05:002011-03-10T13:05:34.079-05:00The focus of this blog is American writers, not me...The focus of this blog is American writers, not memory and mind, but the creation of images was exactly the strategy that gave Solomon Shereshevsky his eidetic memory, as detailed in A.R. Luria's "The Mind of Mnemonist." He was, according to the account, a near-total or total synesthete, who registered visual, auditory, and tactile sensations (and sometime those of smell and taste) with each piece of information he tried to remember. This led to an infinite number of unique combinations of senses that made any and every single of his memories indelible.Annals MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430759771601634422noreply@blogger.com