

Given the choice, having advanced language skills (reading, writing, speaking) is far more useful than sharp recall of images for a. “There’s a lot that goes through my mind in a basketball game. Eidetic memories tend to disappear around 5 or 6 years of age because mental processes involving language become more developed and are relied upon instead of the mental processes that facilitate eidetic memory. She was asked to slide her eidetic picture of an elephant down to a blank sheet of paper and then trace its outlines with a pencil.

“When KG came off of CB, I already knew what was about to happen, I knew was going to find to CB,” James said. Ulric Neisser, one of the researchers, commenting on Haber’s scientific summary, describes an experiment of a 12-year-old girl with seemingly powerful eidetic abilities. Instead he saw Kevin Garnett, the Brooklyn Nets’ weather-beaten veteran who still remains one of the savviest interior defenders in the league, take a step in his direction and step away from James’ teammate Chris Bosh. No one would have blamed him if he’d dropped his head and went again, expecting to make a 12th hoop in there or at least get a whistle and a chance to go ahead at the line.

He was 11-of-12 shooting at the rim on this night, and he’d already made 19 trips to the foul line, his most in more than two years. Jean-Louis Lamarck is a young French paleontologist saddled with eidetic memory and an addiction to weed and Catholicism. With one minute to play in a tie game, James caught the ball in the middle of the lane just a few feet from the basket. James Miller is an American pro-footballer living a carefree life of success as the starting tight end for the Denver Broncos. May 2014, when he explained why he dished off a crucial assist to Chris Bosh instead of taking it in himself (George) got a pass from David West, and he launched one.”Ģ. D-Wade ended up on David West, and I was on George Hill. But LeBron also has a secret weapon that separates him from many of the other greats: his amazing memory. So (Udonis Haslem) and (Dwyane Wade) switched. “Going through my mind now, Paul George entered the ball to David West and he got the handoff. Here’s four other times we got a glimpse into his brain.ġ.As captured by USA TODAY Sports’ Jeff Zillgitt in 2013:Īfter the Heat defeated the Indiana Pacers in overtime in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, James walked into his news conference and rattled off details of Paul George’s game-tying three-pointer with 0.7 seconds left in the fourth quarter. It’s certainly not the first glimpse of his genius mind though. LeBron James showed off what is widely known to be a near-photographic memory when speaking to reporters after the Cavs’ loss to the Celtics on Sunday.
