H-SAM and total recall memory

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H-SAM and total recall memory

Post by Coito ergo sum » Thu May 03, 2012 1:19 pm

Seen At 11: Rare Mental Condition Gives Actress Henner Super-Human Memory
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/05/01/ ... an-memory/

I wish I had this.
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.
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.

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Marilu was good wank material back in the day.

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Post by Bella Fortuna » Thu May 03, 2012 1:23 pm

I'm just the opposite... I can barely remember last week, and my childhood is, for the most part, a giant blank. It's unsettling.
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu May 03, 2012 1:26 pm

Would you really want to remember everything?
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Post by Bella Fortuna » Thu May 03, 2012 1:34 pm

Exactly. :?
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Post by Mysturji » Thu May 03, 2012 2:03 pm

What was the question?
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Cormac wrote:Doom predictors have been with humans right through our history. They are like the proverbial stopped clock - right twice a day, but not due to the efficacy of their prescience.
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Post by Mysturji » Thu May 03, 2012 2:03 pm

Who's Sam?
Sir Figg Newton wrote:If I have seen further than others, it is only because I am surrounded by midgets.
Cormac wrote:Doom predictors have been with humans right through our history. They are like the proverbial stopped clock - right twice a day, but not due to the efficacy of their prescience.
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Post by Coito ergo sum » Thu May 03, 2012 3:29 pm

I do remember Marilu Henners bodacious tatas from as far back as 1979. That must count for something.

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Post by Hermit » Thu May 03, 2012 4:13 pm

Henner’s skill came naturally, but she told CBS 2 that there are ways that everybody can drastically improve their memory.
Oh, right. Henner has published nine books so far, the latest of which has hit the shops a couple of weeks ago. Would you believe it's called Total Memory Makeover: Uncover Your Past, Take Charge of Your Future.

I'll try to remember to look for it when I go shopping tomorrow. Self-improvement books are so great - for the authors' bank balance, publishers, agents, retailers...
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