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Brain and nervesNeuroscienceMemory and learning

This documentary explores highly superior autobiographical memory, a rare neurological condition that allows individuals to remember almost every day of their lives.

Imagine being able to remember every minute detail of your life. You can recall what the weather was like, what you were reading or what you wore to the shops at any minute, any hour or any day stretching back decades. It sounds like some kind of parlour trick, but it's actually a real and very rare medical phenomenon. WATCH more of 60 Minutes Australia: 60minutes.com.au LIKE 60 Minutes Australia on Facebook: facebook.com/60Minutes9 FOLLOW 60 Minutes Australia on Twitter: twitter.com/60Mins FOLLOW 60 Minutes Australia on Instagram: instagram.com/60minutes9 For forty years, 60 Minutes have been telling Australians the world’s greatest stories. Tales that changed history, our nation and our lives. Reporters Liz Hayes, Allison Langdon, Tara Brown, Charles Wooley, Liam Bartlett and Tom Steinfort look past the headlines because there is always a bigger picture. Sundays are for 60 Minutes.

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On “Ten years of remembering every day that passes (2022)”

There are some people, most notably the actress Marilou Henner, who remember and can instantly recall everything they did every day of their life, by date. It’s astounding. More info here: link to this video

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On “The remarkable brain of a carpet cleaner who speaks 24 languages”

> The way Vaughn describes it, any time he reads something in a book, he can remember it almost perfectly. When he returned to school, he had even more to say, and more that he could understand. Giant caudate nucleus at work? link to this video

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On “Knowledge and memory”

…nce 1. Similarly, there's a slightly more recent distinction between "recollecting" (i.e., similar to the author's "I can remember the event of learning this") and "knowing" (i.e., "I know this but don't remember why"), with differences in hypothesized recall mechanisms 3. 1 link or many other reviews by Eichenbaum, Squire, Milner, etc 2 link to this video 3 link…

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