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Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM)

Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM)

People with Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM) have an extraordinary capacity to recall specific events from their personal past. They also spend excessive time thinking about occurrences from the past.

HSAM has puzzled researchers since 2000 when the first person with such superior memory reached out to professor James McGaugh.

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