The Mind of a Mnemonist

A Little Book about a Vast Memory

A. R. Luria

Jerome Bruner

    Foreword to the 1987 Edition

    Foreword to the First Edition

    Preface

    1. Introduction

    2. The Beginning of the Research

    3. His Memory

    The Initial Facts

    Synesthesia

    Words and Images

    Difficulties

    Eidotechnique

    The Art Of Forgetting

    4. His World

    People and Things

    Words

    5. His Mind

    His Strong Points

    His Weak Points

    6. His Control of Behavior

    The Objective Data

    A Pew Words About Magic

    7. His Personality

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The late A. R.Luria was professor of Psychology, University of Moscow.

Jerome Bruner is University Professor at New York University and the author of many books, including Acts of Meaning; On Knowing; The Process of Education; and Toward a Theory of Instruction (all published by Harvard).