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From: tedrick@ernie.berkeley.edu.BERKELEY.EDU (Tom Tedrick)
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Subject: Re: Re: The Secret of being a Chess Mast
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Date: Mon, 3-Feb-86 04:20:47 EST
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In article <34800005@ada-uts.UUCP> ron@ada-uts.UUCP writes:
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>It would be very unlikely to find a chess master (or even a relatively
>strong player) who has eidetic imagery.
>
>Almost all children have eidetic memory, but the vast majority lose it as
>their cognitive skills begin to develop, and this is a good thing.
>Eidetic recall is actually a handicap to an adult; it inhibits abstraction,
>calculation and creativity.

Could you explain a little about what eidetic memory is?
I would be interested to know more about this stuff ...