Talk:Eidetic memory

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How about revealing that εἶδος means "to see" and not just mentioning that it is a Greek word?

--Felix Tritschler (talk) 20:10, 2 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Memory material in general

I reverted Jamesmcardle on this and this because they are different topics. This article is not about memory material in general. See WP:Synthesis. Flyer22 Frozen (talk) 07:22, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding this? Do not WP:Edit war. What is not clear about our WP:Synthesis policy? The sources must be specifically about eidetic memory. Flyer22 Frozen (talk) 07:26, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

This is not the Visual memory article. Flyer22 Frozen (talk) 07:28, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Clearly there is a case for merging Visual Memory with Eidetic memory... The article does not make a distinction, with proper, reliable citations, between 'photographic memory' and 'eidetic memory'.Jamesmcardle^(talk) 07:29, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Flyer22 Frozen: You could start with a dictionary definition of 'eidetic' e.g. "relating to or denoting mental images having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible," which is precisely the subject of the research, and findings from that research, and method in the practice of art, I have introduced into the article. I don't see your point.Jamesmcardle^(talk) 07:39, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I stand by what I stated above. You don't get my point because you, for whatever reason, don't understand our WP:Synthesis policy. And, no, there is not a good case for merging the Visual memory article (a broader topic) with the Eidetic memory article. And as for "the article does not make a distinction, with proper, reliable citations, between 'photographic memory' and 'eidetic memory'"? It does. It uses academic sources per WP:Scholarship. But it is also clear that eidetic memory and photographic memory are popularly used interchangeably. Where are the sources stating that visual memory and eidetic memory are popularly used interchangeably?

I await other opinions on this matter. Flyer22 Frozen (talk) 07:49, 4 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]