Luria studied Mr. S., who had an amazing memory. Concerning Mr. S.'s abilities, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• a. Mr. S. had trouble separating trivia from important facts.
• b. Mr. S. had no difficulty separating fact from fantasy.
• c. Mr. S. had to devise ways to forget.
• d. Mr. S. made his living as a mnemonist.

The correct solution to this problem is provided by option B: Mr. S. had no difficulty separating fact from fantasy.

To elaborate, the full name of Mr. S. was Solomon Shereshevsky. He was a famous research subject of Alexander Luria, a Soviet neuropsychologist. Shereshevsky has a very excellent memory and experienced a rare psychological condition known as synaesthesia. One of the drawbacks of his condition was that he often can not separate what was real and what was not real.