Kunken Eidectic Memory Quotient

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Kunken Eidectic* Memory Quotient:
A Study in Photographic Memory Acuity

There is very little research available that provides an accurate assessment as to the level of eidectic memory acuity inherent in members of large populations. Some believe that photographic memory otherwise known as eidectic memory is a fallacy, while others contend that there are just few people with such an exceptional ability. This site attempts to explore at a greater depth the abilities of visitors to this site wishing to gauge their eidectic memory ability and/or acuity. In doing so, it will hopefully obtain a sizeable sample large enough to provide a proper measure of eidectic memory, an EMQ, if you will.

What follows is a test to measure your eidectic memory. This test is not a test of intelligence nor a test of verbal memory, but rather a test of visual information retention. When taking the test, make sure you don't verbalize some of the items into memory. As it is a preliminary (alpha) version, you will not be able to obtain an EMQ until the sample size of participants reaches approximately 4000, but you will receive a small report indicating your score/number-correct.

You're welcome to come back to retake the test, as it is subject to change from time to time as I add new test items, but I only encourage you to take the test once during the same day, in order to avoid misleading "scores."

Begin the Test
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More Information:
Long-Term Working Memory by K. Anders Ericsson
'Photographic Memory' in Mice: A Transgenic Approach to Elucidate the Role of CREB as a Molecular Switch from Short-Term to Long-Term Memory in Mammals by Akiko Ogasawara
Photographic Memory and the Image Brain by Clare Parker
Opinions on photographic memory
Getting a Photographic Memory in Just one Hard Step according to Peter Reist

The scholarly term for photographic memory has varied, in the very limited literature, between
eidetic and eidectic. I've taken the liberty of using the latter.
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