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Hyperthymesia, also known as hyperthymestic syndrome or highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM), is a condition that leads people to be able to remember an abnormally large number of their life experiences in vivid detail.
Because it is a recently discovered memory capability, neuroscientific explanations of hyperthymesia are scarce. McGaugh, who coined the term, provides mostly speculation in "A Case of Unusual Autobiographical Remembering". He suggests that "AJ"'s superior autobiographical memory is largely the result of specific impairments rather than ...
Autobiographical memory may differ greatly between individuals. Hyperthymesia, also known as hyperthymestic syndrome or highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM), is a condition that affects an individual's autobiographical memory, essentially meaning that they cannot forget small details which otherwise would not be stored. [17]
Jill Price (née Rosenberg, born December 30, 1965) is an American author from Southern California, [1] who has been diagnosed with hyperthymesia.She was the first person to receive such a diagnosis, and it was her case that inspired research into hyperthymesia.
Daniel McCartney (September 10, 1817 – November 15, 1887) was an American who had (what is now known as) Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM). McCartney was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. He was legally blind and lived with relatives throughout his lifetime.
The very existence of eidetic (photographic) memory is controversial, although hyperthymesia, now known as highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM), the ability to recall one's past day-by-day, has been confirmed to exist by some neuroscientists (Parker et al. 2006). Even in these cases, however, the memory is not eidetic as, while ...
James L. McGaugh (born December 17, 1931) is an American neurobiologist and author working in the field of learning and memory.He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus [1] in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior at the University of California, Irvine [2] and a fellow and founding director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.
Autobiographical memory – memory for particular events within one's own life – is generally viewed as either equivalent to, or a subset of, episodic memory. Visual memory is part of memory preserving some characteristics of our senses pertaining to visual experience.