![]() ![]() ![]() Those affected describe their memories as uncontrollable associations when they encounter a date, they "see" a vivid depiction of that day in their heads without hesitation or conscious effort. Individuals with hyperthymesia can extensively recall the events of their lives, as well as public events that hold some personal significance to them. ![]() The authors wrote that they derived the word from Ancient Greek: hyper- ("excessive") and thymesis ("remembering"), but there is no such word as thymesis it may allude to the Greek enthymesis, which means "consideration", and is derived from thymos "mind". Īmerican neurobiologists Elizabeth Parker, Larry Cahill, and James McGaugh (2006) identified two defining characteristics of hyperthymesia: spending an excessive amount of time thinking about one's past, and displaying an extraordinary ability to recall specific events from one's past. One who has hyperthymesia is called a hyperthymesiac. ![]() It is extraordinarily rare, with only 62 people in the world having been diagnosed with the condition as of 2021. Hyperthymesia, also known as hyperthymestic syndrome or highly superior autobiographical memory ( HSAM), is a condition that leads people to be able to remember an abnormally large number of their life experiences in vivid detail. Psychology, psychiatry, neurology, neuropsychology Hyperthymestic syndrome, highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM) ![]()
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