In 2006, Parker, Cahill and McGaugh reported the first known case of Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM) in a research participant known as “AJ”. When provided with a date, AJ could specify ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marilu Henner, who is living with highly superior autobiographical memory, joins TODAY to talk about her memory documentary. She ...

The vast potential of the human brain becomes especially clear in the domain of memory. The most captivating instances of superior memory ability may be few and far between—the savant who memorizes a ...

Autobiographical memory refers to our ability to remember experiences that have shaped our lives since childhood. It consists of emotional and sensory memories of places, moments, and people, as well ...

Greene and Murphy—psychology professors at University College Dublin and University College Cork, respectively—explore the fragility of memory in this insightful debut survey. They explain that ...