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.


The Mind of a Mnemonist
A Little Book about a Vast Memory, With a New Foreword by Jerome S. Bruner
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$33.50 • £29.95 • €30.95
ISBN 9780674576223
Publication Date: 04/30/1987