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Savant syndrome and Cognitive bias
Take the case of an autistic savant with exceptional memory skills.
Is this person less prone to cognitive biases involving memory skills such as availability heuristic bias than a normal person due ...
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What are the purported mechanisms of eidetic memory and why is it comorbid with autism?
Eidetic memory, often called "photographic" or "flashbulb" memory, is often associated with amazing feats of recall. Is the mechanism behind this phenomenon an aberration of the visualization of a ...