The rate of incidence is higher among children with developmental disabilities, particularly brain injuries, jumping to 15 per cent. These kinds of findings are what have led some researchers, such as Enrol Giray and colleagues,12 to wonder whether eidetic memory is actually an immature version of memory, one that is used before we are able to think about and encode experiences in a more abstract manner. This could also mean that a child’s eidetic memory is actually a sign of developmental problems, rather than developmental advantages.
