Age Trends in Eidetikers
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in The Journal of Genetic Psychology
- Vol. 147 (3) , 303-308
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.1986.9914504
Abstract
The entire available population (N = 408) of a primary school in Perth, Western Australia, was tested for eideticism using a slightly modified presentation of the Haber and Haber (1964) procedure. Sixteen eidetikers were found in the age range covered (5–13 years). When classified into four age categories (5–6, 7–8, 9–10, 11–13), the number of eidetikers in relation to noneidetikers showed a statistically significant and systematic decline with increasing age. These results are discussed in relation to their possible significance for a theory of eidetic development.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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