Talk:Solomon Shereshevsky

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Data/information

I'm looking for that data... but couldn't find it yet. --GTubio 13:48, 6 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There's plenty of info on the guy on the internet... search Google. I'm not going to be the one to update the page, but if someone wants to include more info in the article, feel free. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Slideways (talk • contribs) 19:46, 3 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Not a psychologist

The guy, according to this very article "was a Russian journalist and mnemonist", but not a psychologist. I am updating the article categories accordingly. Yasya 18:11, 16 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

To make it even more strange, he scored absolutely average in intelligence tests. Where is the logic? It is better to phrase it "At the same time, his results in intelligence tests were only average." Piatnitsa, 19:20, 13 September 2006

Jewish

He was Jewish, as is stated in Luria's 1965 preface. Isn't this worth mentioning, considering that he belonged to an ethnic group who are thought to have been through evolutionary selective pressures that may have favoured superior memory? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.169.238.12 (talk) 16:07, 10 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Vandalism?

Quote: "6 a man with a swollen anus"? Really? Vandalism? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.45.40.160 (talk) 08:24, 27 September 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Trouble with faces

Where's the evidence that "S" had trouble with faces? Did Luria test his face memory or his face recognition ability? If "S" claimed that the appearance of individual faces is very changeable, he would be perfectly correct: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010027711002022 Variability in photos of the same face. Rob Jenkins, David White, Xandra Van Montfort, A. Mike Burton. Cognition. vol 121 Issue 3, December 2011 pages 313-323. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.206.93.49 (talk) 05:26, 25 March 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Natural ability and mnemonics

Luria said in a book chapter that "We believe that the process by which he retained material did not consist merely of his having preserved spontaneous traces of visual impressions; there were certain additional elements at work." The wiki post, however, said Luria did not clearly distinguish between the natural ability and mnemonics. Is it possible to say he did distinguish? Luria, in my opinion, advocated for both natural ability and mnemonics. Adaaka (talk) 16:06, 29 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Asylum

What is the source of the information that he "ended up in an asylum"? Any dates for when he was born/died, time period, etc. 128.6.175.67 21:16, 15 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Skepticism Needed

I think that Luria's account always gets accepted as fact without enough skepticism. It's obvious that "S" is describing the use of mnemonic techniques like the method of loci and number shapes, yet Luria doesn't seem to know where the techniques end and the natural abilities begin. "S" could just has easily have been a "Derren Brown" of his time who used the "scientists are studying my unique abilities" angle to boost his career. Maybe not, but Luria is dealing with a professional mentalist and he seems to be a little naive about what he could potentially be dealing with. I added links to some of the mnemonic techniques that "S" described. This is not to say that "S" couldn't have had some degree of synesthesia or other neurological differences as well -- only that Luria's account is very unclear and that he is dealing with a professional mentalist. Let99 (talk) 16:25, 25 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I totally agree with you. The wikipedia article should at least mention what it said in The mystery of S. the man with an impossible memory--Glari (talk) 05:32, 1 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Title

The name "Solomon Shereshevsky" is very hard to remember, thus it is almost impossible to find. Does anyone else think that it could be useful to add "S" or "Luria's S" to the title to make the page more accessible? I already linked this page to other wiki pages, but I don't think that is enough. Adaaka (talk) 15:00, 19 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to be able to type in "Luria's S" in the search box and have this article come up. Many people have no idea of S's real name elizareader (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 14:49, 23 March 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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