Rebecca Sharrock, 34, is the only known person in Australia with highly superior autobiographical memory (H-SAM), a condition that allows her to accurately describe what she was doing on almost any given date. In this SBS On Demand interview, Rebecca shares her experiences living with a 'super memory' and how it affects her daily life.
SBS On Demand Before receiving her formal diagnosis, Rebecca Sharrock put her ability to recall precise details from nearly every day of her life down to just having an 'unusual' memory. Rebecca, 34, is the only known person in Australia with highly superior autobiographical memory . Worldwide, fewer than 100 people have the condition and like Rebecca, most of them can accurately describe what they were doing on almost any given date.
"The things that we remember about ourselves are things that we think, this is me, this is about me," she told Insight. "And then as we have that identity, that can help to shape the sorts of things we tend to remember about ourselves." "Sweaty palms, dry mouth, elevated heart rate," is the description Chris Thompson-Lang gave Insight.
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