Endless Memory, Part 1

Lesley Stahl reports on the recently discovered phenomenon of "superior autobiographical memory," the ability to recall nearly every day of one's life.

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[nloveland13]

hey cbs, lets get some hd videos on here

[hprince4]

I think they passively archive input/information while organizing them according to dates. I think its like watching a really great movie while a timer is on the bottom left of the screen and at the end of it being able to recall what happened and around what time it happened, effortlessly. And then watching a movie everyday of their lives since the first time it happened. I have a similar ability but it is not in terms of memory.

[Zisaar]

04:47 same headset like mine!! i believe, sennheiser hd 202

[queene4j]

@miketsack Mike be grateful.....you are blessed above and beyond....this is a gift that the Divine gave you.....you are so special to have this treasure....many people don't truly ever know the gifts that God has given them....I would love to have your gift....but mine are in helping others....i run a nonprofit in NY in taking homeless families in, providing food assistance.....mine is also in making crafts....but i am amazed at you alls gifts....it lets me know even more there is a God

[aculturemind]

@armywife012205

Genetic superiority.

[armywife012205]

@aculturemind Now that I know that its unusual. I've wondered on occasion what makes me remember that way. Why something in my brain is different than most others. It amazes me that I can retain all that data and not feel like my "brain is full." And I just keep adding to the "file" everyday.

[aculturemind]

@armywife012205

Yeah, I explored that a bit in the mid 90s. Do it on occasion.

[armywife012205]

@aculturemind I can also see places in my mind with a 360 view. I can even "zoom in" to get a closer look. The only way I can describe it is that my eyes are a video camera and my brain is the hard drive.

[armywife012205]

@aculturemind Whatever it is...it comes in handy. I freaked a girl out once by describing what was sitting where in her living room; and I only only been in her house for ten minutes. And it had been a while since I had been there. She was trying to figure out what color to paint her walls, and I starting telling her paint colors that would match her belongings. :P

[aculturemind]

@armywife012205

No, I goofed that. Yours isn't kinesthetic. I want to say synaesthetic, but that's not quite right, either.

[aculturemind]

@armywife012205

What you described is calle kinesthetic memory. It's not a way of thinking, but a kind of experience/how you relate to the world. This situation here is different in that it's pretty generic - ie: not or mostly not related to their feelings of their experiences. They recall without, or without overt, cues.

I have a similar experience, though not to the degree - as in, to the day - they do.