Mini: HSAM: The people who never forget

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English - January 23, 2020 12:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 70 ratings
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What if you could remember all the details of every day of your life? We discuss highly superior autobiographical memory and the effects that the ability to remember everything has on these extraordinary individuals.

References:

Parker, E. S., Cahill, L., & McGaugh, J. L. (2006). A case of unusual autobiographical remembering. Neurocase, 12(1), 35–49. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=mdc&AN=16517514&site=eds-live

Lawrence Patihis, Steven J. Frenda, Aurora K. R. LePort, Nicole Petersen, Rebecca M. Nichols, Craig E. L. Stark, … Elizabeth F. Loftus. (2013). False memories in highly superior autobiographical memory individuals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110(52), 20947. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=shib&db=edsjsr&AN=edsjsr.23761836&site=eds-live

Sayar, F. (2018). A review of highly superior autobiographical memory. Cumhuriyet Medical Journal, 40(4), 479–482. https://doi.org/10.7197/223.vi.486834

Macmillan, A. (2017, December 8). The downside of having an almost perfect
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