Eidetic Memory Imagine having the ability to take a screenshot of what you see. It sounds like photographic memory, that superhuman ability you often hear about on Dateline or in movies and shows. As amazing as the idea of ​​saving everything you've ever felt, storing it as a file in a locker, and recalling it at a moment's notice, it simply isn't plausible. Despite the stories you may have heard from friends, photographic memory isn't real. This misconception is often confused with eidetic memory. Eidetic memory is the ability to remember certain images in great detail over a certain period of time. The key detail about eidetic memory is that these “snapshots” are not retained forever. They eventually fade over time along with the ability itself. In 1964, Haber and Haber, two psychologists, conducted a series of studies on eidetic memory and found a correlation between age and the brain's ability to have eidetic memory. In their experiments, children were exposed to a detailed image on an easel for about thirty seconds. Once the photo was taken away, the children scanned the empty easel to recall the image. They described the image in the present tense, as if it were still there (Arnaudo, 2008). Haber and Haber found that, although relatively rare, eidetic memory occurs more in children than in adults. But after further research, there appears to be an explanation for its gradual dissipation as one matures. Eidetic memory is most commonly found in children, because as children grow, their brains develop linguistically, functionally, and associatively. Children's processing of information is elementary and therefore the "copy" of images in their head is just a crude system of perceptions. .... half of the document ... overturns them and studies and research are still underway to obtain more information on this question case. But to understand the correlation between age and eidetic memory, the causes can be considered as three different theories. The first theory is linguistic theory, the idea that as children mature, their language skills help them perceive information. The second theory concerns functionalism. The idea is that over time the child's brain learns to retain only meaningful information and discard unnecessary information. And the last theory is about association. As you mature, you learn to combine the different senses to process information. Overall, each theory has merit, providing a thoughtful and logical explanation for why children rely less and less on visual images to build their memory...