blockbuster project

1. Blockbuster
project
By: Ryan Allred

2. Psychological
Basis

3. Eidetic
Memory
• Is the ability to vividly recall images
from memory after only being exposed
to them for a few minutes.
• Eidetic memory is reported to occur in
only a small number of children and is
not commonly found in adults.
• People with eidetic memory do
not use mnemonic's to remember
things.

4. Media Basis

5. Criminal Minds
• Is a TV series where a group of FBI
agents travel the country hunting and
profiling some of the most dangerous
criminals. each member of the team
brings special skill sets to the table to
help bring these suspectsto justice.

6. Main Characters from criminal minds
Dr. spencer Reid - The genius FBI agent
Penelope Garcia - Technical analyst
David Rossi – Senior supervior of BAU
Derek Morgan – SSA FBI agent
Emily Prentiss – SSA FBI agent
Aaron Hotchner – team leader
Thomas Gibson – unit chief for BAU

7. Connection

8. Dr. Spencer
Reid
One of the characters that stands out in this tv show is Dr.
Spencer Reid. Reid has the special skill to recall images he see's
and books that he reads in great detail after only seeing them
for a few minutes. This is known as a eidetic memory.
This special gift allows reid to use his brain like an internet
search engine to gather information quickly and efficiently
to help the BAU decode the puzzles in many criminal's minds.
Reids eidetic memory gives him the ability to remember
specific details that most people forget and is often confused as
a photogenic memory which is corrected by him in several
episodes.

9. ExamplesSeason 1 Episode 5
• Reid is at a desk with a person involved in a crime investigation in which he is given a book. Reid
begins to skim his finger down each page and flips through each page within a matter of seconds.
The man watching reid stops and asks"Excuse me, can you actually read that fast?" In which Reid
replys with "Our conscious minds can process 16 bits of information per second, our unconscouse
minds however, can process 11 million." In return the man gives him a blank stare and Reid
proceeds with " Yes, I can actually read this fast."
Season 2 Episode 4
• Reid recalls a poem that hes heard before which relates to a crime. Agent morgan says "I thought
you had a photogenic memory" in which reid corrects him by saying "Eidetic memory, and that's
primarily related to things I read."
Season 4 Episode 8
• Reid connects a series of missing women by figuring out the connection was through the
fibonocci sequence. 1 woman then 2 women then 3 women then 5 women taken from separate
locations. Each number added with the one before it equals the next number. Which
geometrically is a logarithmic spriral which is found to be a pendant that the suspect had
around his neck and turns out to be the key to where the victims were held.

10. Conclusion
• Reids rare ability to recall
information has given him and
his team a huge advantage in
seeking and stopping criminals
across the country.
• Eidetic memory is not
commonly found but those
who are lucky enough to have
such a gift can potentially have
a huge impact on society by
allowing us to learn the
capabilities of the human brain

11. References
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eidetic_memory
• Specific Seasons and Episodes from the series
• Season 1 Episode 5
• Season 2 Episode 4
• Season 4 Episode 8