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Permalink Reply by Matt on December 21, 2010 at 3:49pm

yeah... this could be such a great thing for the world... learning how to harness the power of this type of memory and use it. of course, I'm sure there are obvious disadvantages as well, such as past relationship breakups, etc. that one would remember vividly.

Permalink Reply by Matt on December 21, 2010 at 4:39pm

hmm... no, I have not. And, yes, I'm really interested in psychological aspects of people and society.

Permalink Reply by R Allan Worrell on February 23, 2012 at 10:13pm

I watched the clip and couldn't help but wonder if it is a genetic trait, and if Marilou's brothers possessed the same "gift".   With seven Billion people on the planet, there must be many others around the world who can do the same thing but have not been interviewed about it (like Marilou Henner).

If it is an advantage, then natural selection would select it over time.  The fact that most people can't do it makes me think there must be some disadvantage to it.  I saw the original interview with the six others last year and nearly all of them said there was a down side to having such a great memory...  One woman said she wishes she could forget her divorce, the death of a parent, etc.   Two sides of a coin I guess.

Al W.