Scientists are finding one woman’s case particularly memorable.
As The Guardian reports, 51-year-old Jill Price was the first person in history to be diagnosed with “superior autobiographical memory,” and is one of just a handful of individuals known in the world who suffer from it. What exactly does that mean? She’s remembered everything—dates, situations, and other parts of life’s minutia—since 1980.
Where she was, who she was with, what was playing on the television — it’s all burned into her memory.
Since 2000, Price’s case has been studied closely by memory researcher Dr. James McGaugh at the University of California, Irvine, who’s been a fixture in the field since the 1950s.
For more on Price, her condition, and McGaugh’s research, click here.
RealClearLife Staff
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