One percent ability and ninety-nine percent perspiration: A study of a japanese memorist

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1195-1200

  Takahashi, Masanobu ^a,e   Shimizu, Hiroyuki ^b   Saito, Satoru ^c   Tomoyori, Hideaki ^d  

^a University of the Sacred Heart   (Japan)

^b KOBE GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d MEJIRO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e University of the Sacred Heart   (Japan)

Author keywords

Exceptional performance; Memorist; Memory skill; Mnemonics; Skilled memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MEMORY; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33748416747     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.5.1195     Document Type: Article

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