ABSTRACT
A newspaper reporter, called Solomon Shereshevsky, turned up for work as usual and waited for the daily meeting with the editor of the paper during which assignments for the day would be given out. The editor was amazed by Solomon's memory whereas Solomon was amazed that anyone should think his memory was remarkable. Sensing an interesting story, the editor sent Solomon to the local university for some further tests of his memory ability and this is where he met Alexander Romanovich Luria, a Russian professor who was to spend the next 30 years systematically studying the most remarkable memory ever examined. Psychologists have consistently shown that the use of imagery is a particularly effective technique for improving long-term memory. Solomon seemed to have a particular visual ability related to synaesthesia. The ability Solomon possessed to form visual images for words was the key to his remarkable memory recall. Solomon still needed to develop a technique for forgetting.
