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I can't find a reference now, but I read about a women who had a debilitating mental illness -- she could remember very many of the mundane details of her days,
by gohrt 11y ago
I can't find a reference now, but I read about a women who had a debilitating mental illness -- she could remember very many of the mundane details of her days, and it crowded out her ability to perform other mental tasks.
- schoen 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperthymesia#Cases https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperthymesia#Cases The person you heard about might have been https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Price https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Price These cases remind me very strongly of the Borges story "Funes the Memorious" ("Funes el Memorioso"). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funes_the_Memorious https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funes_the_Memorious Edit: It was interesting to hear that Price rejected the interpretation of her condition that was given in the Wired story about her (which was how I'd heard about her).