The mind of a mnemonist : a little book about a vast memory
By: Luria, Aleksandr Romanovich.
Contributor(s): Solotaroff, Lynn [trans.] | Bruner, Jerome S. [foreword].
Publisher: Cambridge Harvard University Press 1987Description: xxv, 160p.ISBN: 9780674576223.Subject(s): Memory | Memory disordersDDC classification: 153.12 | L974m Summary: This study explores the inner world of a rare human phenomenon―a man who was endowed with virtually limitless powers of memory. From his intimate knowledge of S., the mnemonist, gained from conversations and testing over a period of almost thirty years, A. R. Luria is able to reveal in rich detail not only the obvious strengths of S.’s astonishing memory but also his surprising weaknesses: his crippling inability to forget, his pattern of reacting passively to life, and his uniquely handicapped personality.| Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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PK Kelkar Library, IIT Kanpur | General Stacks | 153.12 L974m (Browse shelf) | Available | A185719 |
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Translated from the Russian by Lynn Solotaroff,
With a new foreword by Jerome S. Bruner.
This study explores the inner world of a rare human phenomenon―a man who was endowed with virtually limitless powers of memory. From his intimate knowledge of S., the mnemonist, gained from conversations and testing over a period of almost thirty years, A. R. Luria is able to reveal in rich detail not only the obvious strengths of S.’s astonishing memory but also his surprising weaknesses: his crippling inability to forget, his pattern of reacting passively to life, and his uniquely handicapped personality.
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