hyperesthetic memory

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hyperesthetic memory is defined as a memory process characterized by involuntary recollections. where can i learn more about this symptom, and conditions producing this symptom.

-- cindy spencer (vern@digdat.com), June 04, 2003

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May I ask where you found this expression? I've never seen "hyperaesthetic" combined with memory. It typically refers to sensations (most often touch) that are overly sensitive.

-- Christopher Green (christo@yorku.ca), June 04, 2003.

I have not heard the term "hyperesthetic".. But may be the book "Mind of a mnemonist" by A.R. Luria can be of any help? As far as I remember, this phenomenon was described in the book in connection with "eidetic" memory.

-- Veronica Giuliani (veronica_guiliani@yahoo.co.uk), June 12, 2003.

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