http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/05/01/ ... an-memory/Seen At 11: Rare Mental Condition Gives Actress Henner Super-Human Memory
I wish I had this.
Incidentally, Marilu Henner is an acress who played Elaine Nardo on the classic American television show "Taxi" starring Danny DeVito as the crotchety taxi dispatcher, Tony Danza as the young Italian cab driver, and Andy Kaufman as the wacky Latka Gravas. Also had the guy who played the inventor of the time machine on Back to the Future as Jim Ignitowski, the stoned out cabbie.Most people are able to recall big moments in their lives, but a select few are able to recall minute details of almost every day.
Marilu Henner recently explained to CBS 2′s Katie McGee how her Highly Superior Auto-Biographical Memory, or H-SAM, has allowed her to hold onto even the most minor of moments.
“You say April 3, 1992 and all of a sudden the whole week starts presenting itself to me. That was a Friday and I was in New York, actually. Early that week I had won $1,760 at a winner-take-all Academy Awards pool. It was a clean sweep of the Oscars, ‘Silence Of The Lambs’, Jodie Foster,” Henner said.
At least a dozen people in the United States have been diagnosed with H-SAM.
“Every single thing that you have ever done is on your hard drive,” she explained.
Henner’s skill came naturally, but she told CBS 2 that there are ways that everybody can drastically improve their memory. By revisiting experiences and events in your life, you can train your brain, she said.
Marilu was good wank material back in the day.
