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appalachiablue

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2. Lol. I looked Marilou up for that. She has 'hyperthymesia'

Reply to Chin music (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 27, 2020, 05:49 PM

Dec 2020

and brother is it something. The condition differs somewhat from savants who have tremendous memory ability. Plenty of it could be a burden I think. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperthymesia

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'Super Recogniser': UK Police Officer Can Remember Faces For Years; 2,000 IDs So Far [View all] appalachiablue Dec 2020 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2020 #1

Lol. I looked Marilou up for that. She has 'hyperthymesia' appalachiablue Dec 2020 #2

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I have the opposite condition .. CatMor Dec 2020 #4

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I know, and some of it is cool. Other people are 'face blind' appalachiablue Dec 2020 #6

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It's been a wild, stressful year for sure; keep it light tonite! appalachiablue Dec 2020 #8

Also have some talent for facial recognition. Duppers Dec 2020 #9

Same here and it's definitely handy sometimes appalachiablue Dec 2020 #10

More impressive: he remembers their NAMES, too!! nt intrepidity Dec 2020 #11

That's more difficult Duppers Dec 2020 #12

i recognise actors from other movies or such, and i think + think of where. of course in the old pansypoo53219 Dec 2020 #13