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·August 28, 2025·6 min read

Inside the Minds That Never Forget: Exploring Hyperthymesia

Autobiographical memory allows us to relive experiences, form identity, and project into the future. A rare few, known as hyperthymesics, can recall events from their lives with remarkable precision, linking them to specific dates and vivid sensory details.

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·February 27, 2024·5 min read

Aphantasia Impacts Autobiographical Memory Recall

Individuals with aphantasia, a condition where people cannot visualize images in their mind, struggle more with recalling personal memories due to differences in their hippocampus and occipital lobe. This groundbreaking study, involving participants with and without aphantasia, utilized questionnaires, interviews, and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to explore the connection between visual imagination and memory recall.

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·March 10, 2023·4 min read

Why Does Music Bring Back Memories?

Certain songs can help us reconnect with self-defining moments from earlier times, researchers report. Music that draws our attention also helps us to encode memories that are key to certain life events.

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·September 13, 2022·3 min read

Does Better Autobiographical Memory Enhance the Propensity for Creative Thinking?

Study found no correlation to substantiate the claim that better autobiographical memory enhances creativity or creative thinking.

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·March 24, 2021·4 min read

False Memories Can Be Reversed

Researchers have developed new techniques that can correct false memory recollections without damaging true autobiographical memories.

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·June 26, 2019·2 min read

The secret of autobiographical memory is in assembly of cells

The size and shape of neural assemblies, and not the strength of signals processed by neurons or the order in which they fire, is the most critical element of recording episodic memory.

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·January 31, 2019·4 min read

Sleep Apnea Creates Gaps in Life Memories

Researchers report people with sleep apnea have trouble recalling details of autobiographical memories, putting them at greater risk of developing depression.

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·September 19, 2018·5 min read

The ‘Real You’ is a Myth

Researchers say we constantly create false memories to help us achieve the identity we want.

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·September 5, 2018·4 min read

Sexual Violence Haunts Women with Vivid Memories Decade Later

A new study reports women who have experienced sexual violence have more vivid memories than women coping with other traumatic experiences. Sexual violence survivors, researchers report, have more intense memories decades after the attack has occurred, which are difficult for them to forget.

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·September 4, 2018·4 min read

What’s Your First Memory? Did It Ever Really Happen?

What is the earliest memory you can recall? How sure are you the event really happened? Researchers say our earliest memories are more likely to be fictional.

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·August 24, 2018·5 min read

Testing Autobiographical Memory for Early Alzheimer’s Detection

Researchers report administering an autobiographical memory test to those with genetic risk factors for Alzheimer's may determine who will develop the disease. The study found those with the APOE e4 mutation describe autobiographical memories in much less detail than those without the mutation.

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·November 22, 2017·4 min read

What if Consciousness is Not What Drives the Human Mind?

Researchers provide new insight into human consciousness, reporting we don't consciously choose our feelings or thoughts; we simply become aware of them.