Wow, 72 years... I'm only 26 but I have little doubt that I will
remember things just as well when I reach your age. Somebody even
joked that they hope they don't end up in a courtroom with me, since
my memory is so good. :)

My memories are actually below average when it comes to faces, but
in terms of personal life events and dates, my memory is superior.
I'm really fasicnated as how this kind of thing works.

What did you mean about spacial cognition and memory?

--- In AS-and-Proud-of-it@yahoogroups.com, WD Loughman
<wdloughman@...> wrote:
>
> Julie Esris wrote:
> > I am someone who remembers events in her life from many, many
years ago with
> > breathtaking clarity. Anybody know of any books that address
memory?
> > Excellent memory where one remembers minute details (example,
what they were
> > wearing on the last day of camp one year) vs. people who. as my
friend would
> > put it. "just don't remember shit" (ie the kind of person who
could see an
> > elephant stampede through their backyard and not remember it
years later)? I
> > really would like to read a book about this kind of thing.
Anybody who can
> > help, let me know.
>
> Can't help with books. If you find any that address your (and MY)
kind
> of memory, please post here? Share?
>
> My own memory is suffused with very detailed images from even 72
years
> ago. I can recall them at will, though sometimes with a little
effort.
> Those who post about this sort of thing often speak of
> "visual-spatial" cognition. This may be a concomitant of, or
> prerequisite for, the kind of memory/memories we have.
> It's likely the same as or similar to Grandin's "thinking in
> pictures". Though I doubt her descriptions do justice to the
talent.
>
> - Bill, 75 y.o.
>
> --
> WD "Bill" Loughman - Berkeley, California USA
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>