Julie wrote:
> 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.

Dates are my weakest area. Partly because my time-sense is absolutely
abysmal. I just don't notice the passage of time the same way as
others. But the visuals associated with events (whatever the date) are
simultaneously both comprehensive and detailed.

> I'm really fasicnated as how this kind of thing works.

As am I. But the complexities, let alone the *implications*, are enormous.
Don't hold your breath :) ; but "real soon now..." I'll be updating
my website and fleshing out my very incomplete pages on AS cognition.
Still, what *is* there might interest you. My sig-line (below)
contains the URL.

>
> What did you mean about spacial cognition and memory?

Visual-spatial is contrasted with "auditory-sequential", which is very
much the more usual way that people think.

The "gifted" among us are more prone to V-S cognition than are "other"
folk. As are Aspergians, and maybe also autists generally.

The term "Visual-Spatial" (as a learning and cognitive style) may have
been invented/coined by Linda Krieger Silverman. Her (impressive) CV is
here:
<http://www.visualspatial.org/lscv.pdf>
Lotsa good source info may be gleaned...

Her website:
<http://www.gifteddevelopment.com/>
Look for the sidebar navigation entry: "Visual-Spatial Learners".

But don't stop with Silverman. There's a lot of good stuff "out there";
it just takes a certain persistence (perseveration?) to find it.

>
> --- 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 reathtaking clarity. Anybody know of any books that
>>>address memory?
[ snip ]
>>Can't help with books. If you find any that address your (and MY)
>>kind memory, please post here? Share?
[ snip ]
>> 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.

- Bill

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WD "Bill" Loughman - Berkeley, California USA
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