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Meet the woman who cannot forget (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 5 months ago by rimu@piefed.social to c/psychology@lemmy.world

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Imagine being able to remember every single day of your life, all the way back to when you were a newborn.

Australian woman Rebecca Sharrock is one of only 60 people in the world with a highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM), also known as hyperthymesia.

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[–] Dave@lemmy.nz 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Same here, except when it's not important, then I have perfect recall.

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[–] bungle_in_the_jungle@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Saaaaame. Why are we like this 😅

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