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?

Picture

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
  • click here to learn more
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http://www.slate.com/id/2140685/