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| Title |
Hyper memory, synaesthesia, savants Luria and Borges revisited
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| Published in |
Dementia & Neuropsychologia, June 2018
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| DOI | 10.1590/1980-57642018dn12-020001 |
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| Authors |
Luis Fornazzari, Melissa Leggieri, Tom A. Schweizer, Raul L. Arizaga, Ricardo F. Allegri, Corinne E. Fischer |
| Abstract |
In this paper, we investigated two subjects with superior memory, or hyper memory: Solomon Shereshevsky, who was followed clinically for years by A. R. Luria, and Funes the Memorious, a fictional character created by J. L. Borges. The subjects possessed hyper memory, synaesthesia and symptoms of what we now call autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). We will discuss interactions of these characteristics and their possible role in hyper memory. Our study suggests that the hyper memory in our synaesthetes may have been due to their ASD-savant syndrome characteristics. However, this talent was markedly diminished by their severe deficit in categorization, abstraction and metaphorical functions. As investigated by previous studies, we suggest that there is altered connectivity between the medial temporal lobe and its connections to the prefrontal cingulate and amygdala, either due to lack of specific neurons or to a more general neuronal dysfunction. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 1 | 17% |
| Argentina | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 4 | 67% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 22 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 22 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 14% |
| Professor | 3 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Master | 2 | 9% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 2 | 9% |
| Other | 4 | 18% |
| Unknown | 6 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 5 | 23% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 18% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 9% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 1 | 5% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 5% |
| Other | 2 | 9% |
| Unknown | 7 | 32% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 July 2022.
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