Interesting. But what causes such memory in real life may also create a limited ability for abstraction. That capacity for abstraction may or may not be affec

Interesting. But what causes such memory in real life may also create a limited ability for abstraction. That capacity for abstraction may or may not be affected by this method of enhancing memory. It may very well be that enhanced memory by itself necessarily results in a loss in ability for abstraction, but this would have to be investigated. Here's a real life example: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/1940420/The-woman-who-can-remember-everything.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/1940... Jill Price: She described her life as like a split-screen television, with one side showing what she is doing in the present, and the other showing the memories which she cannot hold back. "Some memories are good and give me a warm, safe feeling. But I also recall every bad decision, insult and excruciating embarrassment. Over the years it has eaten me up. It has kind of paralysed me."