Only one per cent of people are believed to have a photographic memory, or an eidetic memory.
Photographic memory is basically the ability to have great visual recall after only a short time of looking at something. It is found in early childhood (between 2 per cent and 10 per cent of that age group) and is unconnected with the person’s intelligence level.
Now you can test yourself with this test devised by the University of Iowa Department of Psychology in association with Bang Goes the Theory and The Open University.
According to researchers a high score on this simple (or simple for some, rather) Bang Goes the Theory test could be indicative of a photographic memory.
Here is one step here.
Look at image one for 10 seconds then look at image two for 10 seconds then using your memory recall combine the red dots and see what letter you. We’ll put the answer at the bottom of the story.
You can take the whole test here.
ANSWER WAS: G
