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Let us start with some sets of stories , Take a random date for the last 15 years of [Nima Veiseh](http://nimaveiseh.com/) , a young US artist and researcher, will tell you that day as it was yesterday: he will tell you how he was dressed, what did he eat at lunch, how was the weather and what side the train was sitting as she went to work.
 
Veiseh suffers from hypermedia syndrome: he remembers with absolute precision almost every single event in his life, as if in the place of the brain he had an in-camera video camera.
 
Whoever is affected by this condition - a few dozen people in the world - seems unable to forget, and abandon memories to the normal process of [oblivion](http://www.dictionary.com/browse/oblivion) regarding the least important aspects of life.


### HUMAN, LIKE US
Veiseh's memory does not work in a different way from ours. Nima did not suffer from brain damage or traumatic details. His ability to remember, like ours, is sometimes inclined to false memories; and it may happen that if he can recall the details of events of 13 February 2003, he may not repeat a name he heard 5 minutes ago. What then makes it impermeable to oblivion?

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### THE DISCOVERY
After years of study neuropsychologists are beginning to understand something. [The first described case of hypermedia syndrome was that of Jill Price , a 49 year old US woman](http://www.cnlm.uci.edu/2017/02/12/article-in-the-guardian-explains-dr-james-mcgaughs-work-on-highly-superior-autobiographical-memory-hsam/). In the early 2000s, Jill contacted the neurobiologist and memory expert James McGaugh by email, claiming to remember perfectly every single thing happening at the age of 12. The tests that followed confirmed their allegations.
 
### A PRODIGIOUS MEMORY
Jill had also kept a diary in which he carefully recorded every detail of his days, and he used to test his story. The woman remembered every single date that Easter had fallen from 1980 to today; knew that on the night of October 19, 1979, he ate soup; and at length of time he listed exactly the date of the appointments he had with McGaugh in the lab.

The story of Jill Price was taken from newspapers and documentaries: over time, a few dozen people contacted McGaugh and colleagues, who begged to undergo scientific studies on this condition.

### SELF ALIGNING
First of all, it was noticed that the only type of memory that appears outstanding in these people is the autobiographical one. If you submit a list of words, they do not get better re-enactment performance than anyone else's.
 
The difference with the "norm" comes a few months from the episode to remember: if a story usually takes on more and more blurred contour (for new and more recent memories) in those with hypermedia syndrome the reenactment remains fresh and full of details.

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### NO ANATOMICAL DIFFERENCES
The secret is therefore in the way information is held. But the brain imaging examinations to which these people were subjected did not show any peculiarities in their brain. The exception is a recurrent trait, that is, a more intense network of brain connections between [the frontal lobes](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontal_lobe) (involved in analytical thinking) and [hippocampus](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocampus), a key structure in memory encoding. However, it may be a consequence of, and not the cause of, the hypermedia syndrome.


TWO COMMON FEATURES. 
Lawrence Patihis (Mississippi University of the South) has found an interesting piece of information. [By analyzing 20 subjects incapable of forgetting](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131119131438.htm) , it found particularly high scores in two values: available to the imagination ( fantasy proneness ) and absorption capacity or attentional dive ( absorption ).
 
The first is the tendency to imagine and dream day-to-day, the second is the ability to immerse yourself completely in an activity while experiencing every sensation.
 
SYNESTHETICS? 
Often, hypermedia patients are much more sensitive to sounds, smells and visual details, which are linked to memories, making them indelible. Absorption capacity throws bases for long lasting and detailed memories; The disposition to the fantasy makes the experiences come alive, day after day, month after month. Every time the memory is "traced", it becomes more solid.

Of course not all those who dream in open eyes suffer from hyperthyroidism. For Patihis, these people, during childhood, have experienced some experience that has forced them to think persistently of their past ; many have an almost obsessive relationship with calendars, diaries, newspaper clippings, photographs and vintage articles that accumulate and rearrange (with features that obscure obsessive-compulsive behaviors).

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### BUT IS IT A GOOD THING? 
People with hypermedia syndrome admit that, in some cases, this condition has advantages. Veiseh, for example, traveled around the world to participate in international taekwondo competitions and, during leisure time, visited dozens of art galleries. Now he recalls in detail all the details and the layout of the works he views, and this benefits him in artistic activity.


### CONDEMNED TO REMEMBER
The memories do not even leave such as the feelings of embarrassment linked to a flattery or a job defeat, the pain of having been left by a partner, the shadows of a funeral or a relative's illness. They reappear constantly, in the form of painful flashbacks. Sometimes, the time passes and the ability to forget are a real blessing.


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