Distinctive memory is the flexibility to have correct and detailed recall in a selection of ways, together with hyperthymesia, eidetic memory, synesthesia, and emotional memory. Exceptional memory can also be prevalent in these with savant syndrome and mnemonists. Hyperthymesia, or hyperthymestic syndrome, is superior autobiographical memory, the kind of memory that forms individuals’s life tales. The time period hyperthymesia is derived from the modern Greek word thýmesē ‘memory’ and Ancient Greek hypér ‘over’. The capabilities of the affected individuals aren’t restricted to recalling particular occasions from their private expertise. There is a vital characteristic of hyperthymesia: Folks with the syndrome have an unusual type of eidetic memory to recollect in addition to recall any specific personal events or trivial particulars, together with a date, the weather, what folks wore on that day, from their past, almost in an organized manner. Furthermore, individuals with hyperthymesia do not focus on practiced mnemonic strategies. For example, “AJ”, who has the first documented case of hyperthymesia, has difficulty consciously making use of her memory methods to help her memorize new data, making her rote memorization abilities below common.

Importantly, having superior autobiographical memory doesn’t translate to broadly superior memory