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highly superior autobiographical memory  

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  • Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM) is an "ability in which individuals are able to recall events from their personal past, including the days and dates on which they occurred, with very high accuracy. [...]
 HSAM is distinct from other types of superior memory as participants with this ability perform autobiographical remembering without the apparent use of mnemonic skills." (LePort et al., 2012, p. 78).

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  • HSAM
  • hyperthymesia
  • hyperthymestic syndrome

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Bibliographic citation(s)

  • • Ally, B. A., Hussey, E. P., & Donahue, M. J. (2013). A case of hyperthymesia : Rethinking the role of the amygdala in autobiographical memory. Neurocase, 19(2), 166–181. https://doi.org/10.1080/13554794.2011.654225

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • LePort, A. K. R., Mattfeld, A. T., Dickinson-Anson, H., Fallon, J. H., Stark, C. E. L., Kruggel, F., … McGaugh, J. L. (2012). Behavioral and neuroanatomical investigation of Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM). Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 98(1), 78–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2012.05.002

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Palombo, D. J., Sheldon, S., & Levine, B. (2018). Individual differences in autobiographical memory. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 22(7), 583–597. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2018.04.007

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Parker, E. S., Cahill, L., & McGaugh, J. L. (2006). A case of unusual autobiographical remembering. Neurocase, 12(1), 35–49. https://doi.org/10.1080/13554790500473680

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]
  • • Patihis, L., Frenda, S. J., LePort, A. K. R., Petersen, N., Nichols, R. M., Stark, C. E. L., McGaugh, J. L., & Loftus, E. F. (2013). False memories in highly superior autobiographical memory individuals. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 201314373. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1314373110

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: open]
  • • Santangelo, V., Macrì, S., & Campolongo, P. (2022). Superior memory as a new perspective to tackle memory loss. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 104828. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104828

    [Study type: literature review / Access: closed]
  • • Santangelo, V., Pedale, T., Colucci, P., Giulietti, G., Macrì, S., & Campolongo, P. (2021). Highly superior autobiographical memory in aging : A single case study. Cortex, 143, 267‑280. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2021.05.011

    [Study type: empirical study / Access: closed]

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  • Frank Arnould

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