Eidetic memory

Eidetic memory, sometimes refered to as photographic memory or total recall, was a psychological term referring to an ability to recall images in near-photographic detail. People with such memory might claim to "see" words. 

Federation doctors considered it an amazing gift. . However, it was a normal trait in some species, including Borg, and famously Cardassians. 

People with eidetic memory

 * Excluding members of the above-mentioned always-eidetic species.


 * Kes (suspected)
 * Seven of Nine. She claimed to need only seconds to commit what she saw to memory.
 * Gillian Taylor
 * Julian Bashir; Identified as having total recall by Luther Sloan.