The American cognitive scientist Marvin Minsky, in his book ' The Society of Mind ' ( 1988 ), considered reports of photographic memory to be an ' unfounded myth. & Such a whole creation of reality cannot be completely attained by a thinker. & This difference is especially prominent in the so-called eidetic imagery of children. The other group, the thinkers, pull it apart, kill it. Some researchers of eidetic imagery have proposed a link between this ability and psychosis, such as in schizophrenic populations.Įidetic imagery can be so vivid as to mimic actual perception of stimuli, which can be much like a hallucination.įurthermore, this reorganization must have been implemented during early maturity and is likely responsible for eidetic imagery in some adolescents.ĭoctors are scarred by ' eidetic imagery ' from such events, that is, moments that are vividly recalled and readily reproducible in one's memory long after they have occurred. The frequency of eidetic imagery is low in adults and shows greatest frequency in early child development. Eidetic imagery would seem to have a more legitimate claim to be the connecting link.īeyond therapeutics, interest in eidetic imagery has developed within sociology, literary criticism and the creative arts.