60 minutes: Endless Memory
- These people have Superior autobiographical memory- having a memory so clear that you can remember almost every day and event in your life
- Watch this segment shown on 60 minutes about people who remember almost everything about their life!
Sources:http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-human-beast/201012/remembering-everything
Photographic memory?
Also known as "the human camera"
- No one has photographic memory, it is very debated because their are many myths and different trials of whether it is true or not
- It's called eidetic memory, which occurs in between 2 and 15 percent of children and very rarely in adults
- An eidetic image is essentially a vivid afterimage that lingers in the mind's eye for up to a few minutes before fading away
- Your own "photographic memory" can be improved by using mnemonic devices
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http://www.slate.com/id/2140685/