

She continued her studies, however, and eventually established herself as one of the 17th century’s most popular authors of drama, poetry and prose. I am currently one of the best mnemonists who’s ever competed and I’ve challenged multiple people who claim to have photographic/eidetic memory to come compete at a memor. The former child prodigy entered a convent at age 20 and spent the rest of her life as a cloistered nun. Answer (1 of 2): Eidetic memory has never been shown to actually exist 1 2, so it’s difficult to answer this question. reading books, newspapers, and magazine articles the more challenging the better. Plus, in his interview with Rolling Stone, Spader confirmed another aspect of the same rumor, admitting that he has 'very, very strong obsessive. Other cast members comments about working on The Blacklist also seem to corroborate the rumor. When she was 17, she was famously tested by a panel of 40 university professors, all of whom were shocked by her deep knowledge of philosophy, mathematics and history. Other tips to boost your memory include: learning a new language. Regardless, all the available evidence suggests that James Spader does have a near-photographic memory. Juana’s reputation for genius later won her a place as a lady-in-waiting at the viceroy’s court in Mexico City. By her adolescence, she had also studied Greek logic and learned an Aztec language called Nahuatl. Despite being denied a formal education because of her gender, she began writing religious poetry at age 8 and later taught herself Latin, supposedly mastering it in just 20 lessons. Before his untimely death at age 35, he wrote more than 600 pieces of music.īorn in Mexico in 1651, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz learned to read as a toddler and quickly blazed through all the books in her grandfather’s library. It inculcates accuracy and sharpens observation to a point that makes it photographic. During a 1764 stopover in London, he was even tested and examined by a British lawyer and naturalist named Daines Barrington, who was awestruck by the 8-year-old’s ability to sight-read unfamiliar music “in a most masterly manner.” Mozart would eventually grow into one of Europe’s most celebrated and prolific composers. From Bavaria to Paris, audiences marveled at the boy wonder’s ability to improvise and play the piano blindfolded or with one hand crossed over the other. Mozart and his sister Maria Anna-herself a musical prodigy-traveled widely through Europe exhibiting their talents in royal courts and public concerts. He composed his first piece of published music at age 5, and by his teen years, he had already written several concertos, sonatas, operas and symphonies. The Austrian-born wunderkind first took up the harpsichord when he was just 3 years old. (Credit: Ann Ronan Pictures/Print Collector/Getty Images)
