A Woman With A Perfect Memory

A woman’s nearly perfect memory has stumped neurobiologists. Ask her what happened on August 16, 1977 (or any other random date) and she can recall the day of the week, usually what the weather was like on that day, major events like the fact that Elvis Presley had died, and even that a California tax initiative passed on June 6 of the following year! Now known only as AJ, she wrote James McGaugh, one of the world's leading experts on how the human memory system, detailing her astonishing ability to remember with remarkable clarity even trivial events that happened decades ago. Like any good scientist, McGaugh was initially skeptical. But not anymore. "This is real."

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