title: Solomon V. Shereshevsky: the great Russian mnemonist.
abstract: A biographical sketch is given of Solomon V. Shereshevsky, a man gifted with exceptional memory skills who became famous after the publication of Aleksandr R. Luria's book The Mind of a Mnemonist, in 1968.
authors.affiliation: mecaccil@gmail.com
authors.forename: Luciano
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mecacci
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D008568:Memory; D009484:Neuropsychology / Q000266:history*
keywords: Luria; Mnemonist; Shereshevsky