shas pollak were jewish mnemonists who, according to the 1917 report of george stratton in the "psychological review", memorized the exact layout of words in more than 5,000 pages of the 12 books of the standard edition of the babylonian talmud. stratton's report consists of accounts of and comments on testimonials of three eyewitnesses. two of the eyewitnesses stated that the memorizing was related to the talmud part, printed in the centers of the pages, and not the surrounding commentary.