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The Mind of a Mnemonist: A Little Book about a Vast Memory (Paperback)

by Jerome S Bruner (Foreword), Aleksandr Romanovich Luria (Author), Lynn Solotaroff (Translator)

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Paperback: 192 pages
Publisher: Harvard University Press; New edition edition (1 Jul 1986)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0674576225
ISBN-13: 978-0674576223
Product Dimensions: 20.1 x 13.2 x 1.3 cm

Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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5.0 out of 5 stars For the sheer vastness of one man's mind..., 3 Mar 2001

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If you ever would want an absorbing eye-opener into the the mind of the great(est) mnemonist Shereshevsky (popularly 'S'), I recommend Prof. Luria's book. It is absorbing, and is a beautifully written work and one can but wonder about S and his mind, and how Luria brought out to the world the man and his extensive mental faculties.

I am at loss of words to describe the book, for a few hundred words cannot describe the vastness of S's mind, but hats off to Luria, I enjoyed (and still do enjoy)the book from cover to cover.

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5.0 out of 5 stars memories of synaesthesia, 21 Feb 2003

By	Mr. C. Addyman (London, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

the antidote to memento and it's ilk: the true story of the least forgetful man ever.

A R Luria's "The mind of a mnemonist: A little book about a vast memory" is an excellent book indirectly about synaestheisa.
the subject 'S' had a memory that was for all practical purposes inexhaustible. part of the reason for this was because he was very highly synaethetic, colours had texture, smell & emotional associations. numbers had tastes and tones, etc.. his whole world was a rich mass of interacting sensory experience.

it made even the most mundane things extremely vivid and helped him remember practically everything.. not that it helped him, he was an unassuming, unremarkable and unhappy man. (there's probably a lesson in there somewhere, but i've already forgotten what it is.)

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