Psychiatry and Psychology

Eidetic Imagery

A visual image which is recalled in accurate detail. It is a sort of projection of an image on a mental screen.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A visual image which is recalled in accurate detail. It is a sort of projection of an image on a mental screen.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Memory, Photographic
  • Photographic Memory
  • Eidetic Imageries
  • Imageries, Eidetic
  • Imagery, Eidetic
  • Memories, Photographic
  • Photographic Memories

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Aspects Covered

5 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, drug effects, ethics, physiology, radiation effects.

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Indexing Annotation

a form of perception

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History Note

PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY was see under EIDETIC IMAGERY 1969-78

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Tree Number

  1. F02w.463w.593w.292

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NLM Classification

WL 705

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Eidetic Imagery. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004538. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004538
  2. Eidetic Imagery. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5348796