Eidetic memory
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- Pertaining to a memory or mental image of perfect clarity, as though actually visible; or to a person able to see such memories.
- 1979: ‘Funny that I should remember it? I have an eidetic memory for numbers, can't help it. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol (Penguin 2001, p. 276)
- 1993: Eidetic images are pictures in the head. They are internal images that have the full force of conventional vision, but which are retained solely in the mind of the eidetiker. — Will Self, My Idea of Fun
Eidetic memory, photographic memory, or total recall, is the ability to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with extreme accuracy and in seemingly abundant volume.
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