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The memory palace of Solomon Shereshevsky

The memory palace of Solomon Shereshevsky

The man behind Alexander Luria's classic study The Mind of a Mnemonist

Mathew Lyons
Apr 23, 2025
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The Broken Compass
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The memory palace of Solomon Shereshevsky
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Image from Robert Fludd’s Ars Memoriæ

Solomon Shereshevsky always dreamt of being a hero. He spent his life waiting for “something fine, something grand that is to happen”, he said. Born in the 1880s …

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