I shared a house with a guy at college who's girlfriend had an incredible memory. She hardly ever took notes in lectures, could recall what she had to eat each day, dinner conversations, weather, clothes people wore, all kinds of stuff you and I would not be able to recall. When tested on verifiable facts, I don't recall her being wrong, but then my memory is nothing like that good. He confided in me once that it was a bloody nightmare because he could never win any argument that relied on memory
Such a useful skill for an actress... not just memorizing lines, but you can remember certain events to give yourself the right emotional response in a scene
So if something tragic happens in your life you get to recall it over and over and never forget it. Nice. I'm all set. Our brains forget for a reason sometimes.
Wrong because forgetting and suppressing a memory is a psychological reaction, not a voluntary cognitive one. We hide and suppress bad memories because we find them terrifying, it's a defense mechanism. I can't see someone with an autobiographical memory having to remember all memories, even horrible memories that are mentally damaging.
I feel like Jill Price and the other 5 are different. I think Louise and the others have really good memory and Jill actually remembers every single detail, which is why she says she is traumatised by it.
This is endlessly fascinating to me. I watch this 60 Minutes story (this YT clip) at least once a year. I wish I had their ability. I recall Marilu Henner demonstrating this ability decades ago, before Dr. McGaugh and the label HSAM came along, on "Later, with Bob Costas." Costas tested her by naming a date, and Henner became animated: "Who told you to pick that date?!" Costas said "Well, it was the date of the moon landing," to which Henner said, "Yes, but it's also the day I lost my virginity." LOL!
There is no way this is the first time... Author Richard Wright penned "Black Boy" where he is recalls his life starting at age five. He includes such a tremendous amount of detail that I'm convinced he's got the same condition.
I am impressed in how positive these people are, because wow that seems like a scary frustrating world to live in where people don't remember the stuff that you remember.
This is soooooo amazing to me , the fact that the government isn't on top of these persons is crazy ....unless they know more ...much more than letting us know !!!!
There are a lot more people with this condition whom don't really date things and are not into events but live in their own world ignoring calendar's but even then it still affects us because the weight of memories follow us everyday.
I believe this is an evolved trait - if/when most humans acquire this trait - we will adjust accordingly. It would be a concern for tragedies and/or abuses. But remembering the day and details are subject to prompt - I know we can put subjects out of our conscious memory - they would be able to, as well. Truly it is an evolving trait - we are a truly amazing species. And we have Infinite Intelligence supporting us.
In Mark Twains book Life on the Miss. He talks about a Mr. Brown. who was a river boat captain. Twain goes in to a long full description of him as a man who cant forget anything hes done. its on ppgs 90-91. 😁
black 57 Yep, he said the guy had brown hair and wore black framed glasses. The description appeared on that same page. I recall reading that on Nov 11th, 1994 while eating a plate of spaghetti. Lol.
Numonics are a substitute for long term memory. When I have something memorised, I don’t need the numonic that I used before I had finally put the item in my long term memory. Of course once it is in long term memory, its as familiar next year as it is at this moment. It is permanent. There are things that will happen today that I will remembor for a long time and there are things that will happen today that I won’t remember for an hour. The trick is understanding what makes the remembered things memorable and the other things not rememberable. Then you can choose what you will remember. A clue is that you and I remember things that are familiar and personal, i.e., we remember the things that are a part of us. When something becomes a part of us we automatically remember it. I remember where my keys are just like I remember where my feet are. My keys and my feet are a part of me. Take the time to get to know something that you want to remember. When I hear your name for the first time, I can examine it and get to know it or I can quickly dispose of it and move on.
My collective memory is triggers not by date or time but by sense. Smell, feeling, situation, taste, sound. And when it triggers it suddenly open all instance im sensing currently.
She don't know that she was half dead and came back to life like me and she is using her soul memory and not body memory. She has the ability to time travel to the past. I have the ability to foretell the future through Jesus by my soul on selected events. Soul won't struggle to remember. Soul that belongs to heaven has unlimited memory and unlimited after life and possible reincarnation. In other words human body has limited life like 90 years and so has a limited brain like a hard drive. At 4:37 and 6:37 when we ask how do they do it and they say "I just see it". It is nothing but the time travel cloud. The only thing that these extreme guys forgot is that they are already dead and came back to life. The interesting question to ask them is that at what age did they discovered their abilities.
Nathaniel Peter I think some of them actually remembered that as well. Might have been in a different video. I believe one of them said it began at 15 for her....if memory serves me correctly (lol).
It seems like the only happy person to have this is Marilou from taxi, hmmm mabey it’s because she succeeded in her dream, she’s beautiful, thin, successful, rich...I guess those things really do make people more content
I play trivia with Brad. He is a really cool guy. I went up to him one time and said, “Brad, November 11, 1963.” He responded, “That Monday morning I lost one of my front teeth.”
Elizabeth Pfiffer You forgot they explained the reason for it in the video! Lol. Welcome to the normal human club. It DID distract me in a few other videos he appeared in before I saw this one that had an explanation included.
I wish they would test their data retention. Let them read a chapter from a medical text and try to recite or explain the contents. My guess is that it's strictly autobiographical otherwise I would expect more of them to have careers that would make use of such a rare talent like law, medicine, science, etc. It's very fascinating though, but I could see how it could be a curse, haunted by every misdeed ever done to you. Mentally beat up by little Bobby Bowser on the playground over and over.
I have been that way since I was little could always remember everything every place I have been since I was in diapers 47 years old I could always remember every word of a conversation I had years ago every word of songs from when I was a child from 1950 and I wasn't born until 1974 ect movies I didn't think it was a thing until I happened to see this
I bet there are at least a few animals of other species like squirrels & dogs with these same rare memory capabilities-we just haven’t found them cuz the search would be too difficult
Honestly.. I can't even do with my memory what most people can with yesterday.. XD What did I eat again? Did I greet anyone on the streets? Today is Monday right? XD
I have a pretty good memory. I can remember the day of the week my birthday fell on every year back to the age of 6. These folks blow me away with their ability to recall dates. What I can do is nothing like what they've done. Having said that, they didn't quite test the memories of these individuals to find out how accurate they really are. What age did their ability to do this begin at? They didn't say. Do they remember being a year old? What happened on that day? Do they have older siblings who could answer some of those questions? What about their classmates from preschool or kindergarten? Do they remember them?
I have a crap short term memory but my long term memory is really great so it a bit like these guys but not as advanced I remember monologues visual things like documentaries I've watched I can't also remember traumatic experiences quite vividly but again not like these I have difficulty with inputing information but once it's in my long term memory it says there usually intact
On the 60 Minutes Australia they asked the first woman the same questions “what days did it rain in February” and “what day were the Oscars” BUT in 1991 not 1999. She knew what days it rained but didn’t remember what day the Oscars were in 1991 but now she remembers what day they were in 1999 and oh yea, she went to a “fabulous” Oscar party too. Who goes to Oscar party that isn’t an actor/actress anyways? Unless she is..hmmm. This is almost identical to the Australia episode just different interviewer. Makes no sense…
I used to always look at the clock at 11:11 pm when in college, but eventually I stopped. Nothing like these people, but often I tell my husband about things I remember from a very young age...like when my parents gave me live colored baby chicks at Easter, age 3, or trying to catch a bird and it pecking my hand around the same age or things I ate or liked then or seeing my baby brother the 1st time, etc. Even things from when I was still in my crib, like a favorite teddy bear and a Buzzy Bee pull toy or where I laid in the floor to take a nap. And he says he doesn't remember before age, say 8 or so, or thinks he doesn't anyway. I am sure many people remember as far back as I do in flashes or mental pictures.
I have something like this that started when I was 15 almost over night. I have been spending years trying to figure out how to get rid of it bc it has ruined a lot of things for me, if anyone has anymore info please contact me.
Visit your preferred licensed Physician, there is probably a treatment related to traumatic memory available. However, try to weigh the cost of treatment vs condition before making any rash decisions.
I have a really good memory and the guy studying this subject complete misses the point that these memories really can be an anchor around my neck. I mostly remember the bad memories and when thinking about them I relive those events very clearly.
Doesn’t it seem like it’d be more odd to just forget everything like the majority do? Imagine these people trying to talk about little things they did back then with their friends and they just can’t remember a single thing. Must be sort of depressing.
I've noticed that every response from these super-humans starts with a date... Do they always check the date first before starting their day? I sometimes forget what day it is writing papers lol
It quite sad because if you search this up there is new evidence today these people have a weird obsession (which is not their choice) with dates and falsely remember things so much and then believe it is true. It is not a gift.
I can’t remember what I ate last night. It’s possible should be grateful for that. Lol. Trying to remember if I had seen this clip before. Uncertain. I wonder if anyone can remember the future? That could be useful.....if we could alter it.
What do these 5 people with HSAM have in common? Perhaps they're Jewish? Or, at the very least, all trace their ancestry to eastern Europe-- HUN, AUS, UKR, Poland. The most brilliant people ever seem to have all originated there-- Mozart, Einstein, Brin.
There’s brilliant people from all over, most of the people that have this have probably not been discovered yet. It’s likely something to do with a combination of epigenetic mutations that happen in the brain during fetal development. Why epi? Because they’re the only ones in their family that have it.
I shared a house with a guy at college who's girlfriend had an incredible memory. She hardly ever took notes in lectures, could recall what she had to eat each day, dinner conversations, weather, clothes people wore, all kinds of stuff you and I would not be able to recall. When tested on verifiable facts, I don't recall her being wrong, but then my memory is nothing like that good. He confided in me once that it was a bloody nightmare because he could never win any argument that relied on memory
So like every woman ever?
Such a useful skill for an actress... not just memorizing lines, but you can remember certain events to give yourself the right emotional response in a scene
So if something tragic happens in your life you get to recall it over and over and never forget it. Nice. I'm all set. Our brains forget for a reason sometimes.
Wrong because forgetting and suppressing a memory is a psychological reaction, not a voluntary cognitive one. We hide and suppress bad memories because we find them terrifying, it's a defense mechanism.
I can't see someone with an autobiographical memory having to remember all memories, even horrible memories that are mentally damaging.
@@logic7374 Wrong. There is an enzyme or something (look it up) that erases memories because total recall would drive most people insane.
Total recall would make me superhuman straight out of Nietzsche
@@logic7374 Superhero or super villain?
I have literally the exact opposite, severely deficient autobiographical memory
Patricia Dunn Exactly!!!
Me too. It's depressing, actually.
Me too!!
@@pdatnc well if they study hsam they can cure you
I feel like Jill Price and the other 5 are different. I think Louise and the others have really good memory and Jill actually remembers every single detail, which is why she says she is traumatised by it.
Or perhaps the others had much less traumatic lives or haven't been in some way stigmatized because of their uncommon ability. 🤔
This is endlessly fascinating to me. I watch this 60 Minutes story (this YT clip) at least once a year. I wish I had their ability.
I recall Marilu Henner demonstrating this ability decades ago, before Dr. McGaugh and the label HSAM came along, on "Later, with Bob Costas." Costas tested her by naming a date, and Henner became animated: "Who told you to pick that date?!" Costas said "Well, it was the date of the moon landing," to which Henner said, "Yes, but it's also the day I lost my virginity." LOL!
There is no way this is the first time...
Author Richard Wright penned "Black Boy" where he is recalls his life starting at age five. He includes such a tremendous amount of detail that I'm convinced he's got the same condition.
Imagine dating one of these people and they start bringing up things you did
I feel like everyone walking around has amnesia. 😂 savage
I am impressed in how positive these people are, because wow that seems like a scary frustrating world to live in where people don't remember the stuff that you remember.
are you one of those people? you know thats very rare. only about 60 people in the whole world have it.
What an amazing gift! Reading Marilu Henner's book right now and it is very eye opening and incredible!
This is the first time I a heard of this, and this is amazing how our brains' memory works.
when she said ¨are they autistic¨ out of nowhere I started laughing so hard 🤣🤣
when was that lmao i skimmed over the video
I remember watching this video on May 24, 2014.
Sept. 26, 2020. Lol.
I remember watching this on February 8th, 2021.
This is soooooo amazing to me , the fact that the government isn't on top of these persons is crazy ....unless they know more ...much more than letting us know !!!!
That actress has great genetics she still looks so young from the time of this filming from back to her old tv show footage.
There are a lot more people with this condition whom don't really date things and are not into events but live in their own world ignoring calendar's but even then it still affects us because the weight of memories follow us everyday.
I believe this is an evolved trait - if/when most humans acquire this trait - we will adjust accordingly.
It would be a concern for tragedies and/or abuses.
But remembering the day and details are subject to prompt - I know we can put subjects out of our conscious memory - they would be able to, as well.
Truly it is an evolving trait - we are a truly amazing species.
And we have Infinite Intelligence supporting us.
you could literally become a walking wikipedia...
Only chronicling your own life,
@@MaricaAmbrosius Right, but what if you spent your days learning facts. Would you be able to remember them all?
@@TryMyMartini I don’t see why not lol.
Mark Twain wrote in his book "Life on the Misissippi" about a captain who could do the same thing.
In Mark Twains book Life on the Miss. He talks about a Mr. Brown. who was a river boat captain. Twain goes in to a long full description of him as a man who cant forget anything hes done. its on ppgs 90-91. 😁
black 57 Yep, he said the guy had brown hair and wore black framed glasses. The description appeared on that same page. I recall reading that on Nov 11th, 1994 while eating a plate of spaghetti. Lol.
Numonics are a substitute for long term memory. When I have something memorised, I don’t need the numonic that I used before I had finally put the item in my long term memory. Of course once it is in long term memory, its as familiar next year as it is at this moment. It is permanent. There are things that will happen today that I will remembor for a long time and there are things that will happen today that I won’t remember for an hour. The trick is understanding what makes the remembered things memorable and the other things not rememberable. Then you can choose what you will remember. A clue is that you and I remember things that are familiar and personal, i.e., we remember the things that are a part of us. When something becomes a part of us we automatically remember it. I remember where my keys are just like I remember where my feet are. My keys and my feet are a part of me. Take the time to get to know something that you want to remember. When I hear your name for the first time, I can examine it and get to know it or I can quickly dispose of it and move on.
My collective memory is triggers not by date or time but by sense. Smell, feeling, situation, taste, sound. And when it triggers it suddenly open all instance im sensing currently.
Imagine being able to remember the day when loved ones die; every day until you die?
reminds me of a theory that people with these kind of memory were used in the olden days to record history.
Thanks for sharing Dorothy.
I already forgot what I ate yesterday....😒
She don't know that she was half dead and came back to life like me and she is using her soul memory and not body memory. She has the ability to time travel to the past. I have the ability to foretell the future through Jesus by my soul on selected events. Soul won't struggle to remember. Soul that belongs to heaven has unlimited memory and unlimited after life and possible reincarnation. In other words human body has limited life like 90 years and so has a limited brain like a hard drive. At 4:37 and 6:37 when we ask how do they do it and they say "I just see it". It is nothing but the time travel cloud. The only thing that these extreme guys forgot is that they are already dead and came back to life. The interesting question to ask them is that at what age did they discovered their abilities.
Nathaniel Peter I think some of them actually remembered that as well. Might have been in a different video. I believe one of them said it began at 15 for her....if memory serves me correctly (lol).
What do you mean please elaborate I have this condition am I dead or something
It's like they're on their deathbed or something, doesn't your life flash before you when you die?
It seems like the only happy person to have this is Marilou from taxi, hmmm mabey it’s because she succeeded in her dream, she’s beautiful, thin, successful, rich...I guess those things really do make people more content
i wish I had that memory
I have no words.
I play trivia with Brad. He is a really cool guy. I went up to him one time and said, “Brad, November 11, 1963.” He responded, “That Monday morning I lost one of my front teeth.”
Using spatial and visual ability to organize input from senses into arrangements
I think I don't want to remember everything about myself
Anyone else totally distracted by the fact that only one of that guy's glasses lenses is fogged up?
2:50 they had to throw that comment in there for you ;)
Elizabeth Pfiffer You forgot they explained the reason for it in the video! Lol. Welcome to the normal human club. It DID distract me in a few other videos he appeared in before I saw this one that had an explanation included.
I wish they would test their data retention. Let them read a chapter from a medical text and try to recite or explain the contents. My guess is that it's strictly autobiographical otherwise I would expect more of them to have careers that would make use of such a rare talent like law, medicine, science, etc. It's very fascinating though, but I could see how it could be a curse, haunted by every misdeed ever done to you. Mentally beat up by little Bobby Bowser on the playground over and over.
To them it's so normal that maybe they never wanted to become any of those things because they don't feel passion for it.
@@lindat.7520
They feel passionated to remember dates
I have been that way since I was little could always remember everything every place I have been since I was in diapers 47 years old I could always remember every word of a conversation I had years ago every word of songs from when I was a child from 1950 and I wasn't born until 1974 ect movies I didn't think it was a thing until I happened to see this
I bet there are at least a few animals of other species like squirrels & dogs with these same rare memory capabilities-we just haven’t found them cuz the search would be too difficult
I kept thinking about the episode of House when the waitress had this same talent, and she couldn't forget all the bad memories she ever went through
Whats up with the scientist glassess?
Honestly.. I can't even do with my memory what most people can with yesterday.. XD What did I eat again? Did I greet anyone on the streets? Today is Monday right? XD
Q: Mary Lou - how many times an hour do you remember the Tom Selleck cab ride episode on taxi ? A: too large a number to compute.
I have a pretty good memory. I can remember the day of the week my birthday fell on every year back to the age of 6. These folks blow me away with their ability to recall dates. What I can do is nothing like what they've done. Having said that, they didn't quite test the memories of these individuals to find out how accurate they really are.
What age did their ability to do this begin at? They didn't say. Do they remember being a year old? What happened on that day? Do they have older siblings who could answer some of those questions? What about their classmates from preschool or kindergarten? Do they remember them?
they said the first woman’s started at age 11
I cant remember things or events happened before in particular date because when i was a kid i dont even look at the calender lol..
I have a crap short term memory but my long term memory is really great so it a bit like these guys but not as advanced I remember monologues visual things like documentaries I've watched I can't also remember traumatic experiences quite vividly but again not like these I have difficulty with inputing information but once it's in my long term memory it says there usually intact
On the 60 Minutes Australia they asked the first woman the same questions “what days did it rain in February” and “what day were the Oscars” BUT in 1991 not 1999. She knew what days it rained but didn’t remember what day the Oscars were in 1991 but now she remembers what day they were in 1999 and oh yea, she went to a “fabulous” Oscar party too. Who goes to Oscar party that isn’t an actor/actress anyways? Unless she is..hmmm. This is almost identical to the Australia episode just different interviewer. Makes no sense…
Lots of people throw Oscar watch parties just like some do for the Super Bowl.
I remember because most of the time I'm alone with my thoughts processing every waking moment I've spent
I try hard to forget most of my days so who knows. But I think its cool to be able to have this ability though I prefer photographic memory.
Anyone else just keep playing 4:08 over and over again? 0-100 real quick
I used to always look at the clock at 11:11 pm when in college, but eventually I stopped. Nothing like these people, but often I tell my husband about things I remember from a very young age...like when my parents gave me live colored baby chicks at Easter, age 3, or trying to catch a bird and it pecking my hand around the same age or things I ate or liked then or seeing my baby brother the 1st time, etc. Even things from when I was still in my crib, like a favorite teddy bear and a Buzzy Bee pull toy or where I laid in the floor to take a nap. And he says he doesn't remember before age, say 8 or so, or thinks he doesn't anyway. I am sure many people remember as far back as I do in flashes or mental pictures.
"They can do with their mind what you do when you remember yesterday"
Me: fails to remember what I did yesterday.
I have superior autobiographical memory about all the bad things that happen to me.
I dont remember hardly anything about my childhood or teenaged years. My brother remembers though, and tells me I'm lucky. 😕🤷♀️
i can not remember my life. it is so hard to remember stuff. i even forget where i put my things.
Besides the downside of remembering everything, these people could easily do anything they wanted
this is cool
Wow!
Must be some kind of trick because how do they know the day as in it was a Monday, or it was a Wednesday.
I have something like this that started when I was 15 almost over night. I have been spending years trying to figure out how to get rid of it bc it has ruined a lot of things for me, if anyone has anymore info please contact me.
Visit your preferred licensed Physician, there is probably a treatment related to traumatic memory available. However, try to weigh the cost of treatment vs condition before making any rash decisions.
@@solodark5646
Rash decision?
What do you mean?
So no one is gonna mention how foggy dudes left lens is on his glasses? lol
She explained it was because of an eye condition.
I have a really good memory and the guy studying this subject complete misses the point that these memories really can be an anchor around my neck. I mostly remember the bad memories and when thinking about them I relive those events very clearly.
Doesn’t it seem like it’d be more odd to just forget everything like the majority do? Imagine these people trying to talk about little things they did back then with their friends and they just can’t remember a single thing. Must be sort of depressing.
I've noticed that every response from these super-humans starts with a date... Do they always check the date first before starting their day? I sometimes forget what day it is writing papers lol
It quite sad because if you search this up there is new evidence today these people have a weird obsession (which is not their choice) with dates and falsely remember things so much and then believe it is true. It is not a gift.
ok question how do they know what they remember if they don't know the date ummm like do they look at a calendar every day? to see a date
Holy shit i can barely remember what i did last night O.o
I can’t remember what I ate last night. It’s possible should be grateful for that. Lol. Trying to remember if I had seen this clip before. Uncertain. I wonder if anyone can remember the future? That could be useful.....if we could alter it.
can they remember ever language, programming language, can they write it?
can they remember themselves remembering something?
Bad memories will be the sucky part
What do these 5 people with HSAM have in common? Perhaps they're Jewish? Or, at the very least, all trace their ancestry to eastern Europe-- HUN, AUS, UKR, Poland. The most brilliant people ever seem to have all originated there-- Mozart, Einstein, Brin.
There’s brilliant people from all over, most of the people that have this have probably not been discovered yet. It’s likely something to do with a combination of epigenetic mutations that happen in the brain during fetal development. Why epi? Because they’re the only ones in their family that have it.
what about the rain man?
I'd probably have to think what month and day 9/11 happened. Yes, I'm that slow.
Daniel W What was 9/11?
They all have atypical careers.
Which one gets to be Alexa, Google, Siri, Cortana, Watson ?
Why don't they have the misinformation effect?
maybe they should learn how to use it - it's not how many book's you read it's what you read
Keep at it
Jill Price definitely has something different to these five.
she could be anything she wanted to be !!
I forgot to watch this video.
Jemand von uni basel?
9:55 L O L
Imagine if South Park got a hold of this...
X-men.
Anybody here for AP psych?
How ironic. I don't remember why and when I saved this video. Lollll
I just don't believe Marilu Henner actually has it. I think she just remembers the really big moments.
They tested her just as they did the other subjects and confirmed it.
When you have the power to use your full brain
They are amazing but they are still using no where near their full brain
A wife that cant forget? what kind of love is that?
lucky, im the complete opposite
they all look weird haha
@Mike Pordan lol i don't even remember this video or comment haha
wassup people from uni Basel
I forgot to watch this video.
Flesh Robe What video?