Another Look at Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM)

Here is another article about Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (also known as HSAM or hyperthymesia):

People with HSAM tend to obsess over events (even mundane ones) more than the average person. They ruminate over what happened during the day and organize everything in their minds over and over again.

In fact, they often report “habitually recalling their memories, a seemingly compulsive tendency,” noted Aurora K.R. LePort and her colleagues. “Every night before bed one participant recalls what occurred on that day X number of years ago. Another recalls, while stuck in traffic, as many days as possible from a certain year.”

Originally seen via Dominic O’Brien’s Twitter account: