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Rebecca Sharrock, a 27-year-old Australian, possesses the rare gift of Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM), enabling her to recollect every intricate detail of her life on any specific date. This exceptional condition not only makes her life experiences highly vivid but also offers valuable insights into human memory. Interestingly, individuals with HSAM are few and […]
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15 People Shared the Times They Forgot Words and Had to Make up New Ones
What’s that word again that I can’t remember? What am I trying to say here…?
Do you ever have moments like this? You try and try to remember a word, but to no avail?
It happens to the best of us, but it can also be comedy gold, my friends!
Here are some really good ones that’ll make you laugh.
1. My arm calves hurt.
I once was trying to say forearms and came up with "arm calves"
— Erin Donovan (@goodyerin) October 7, 2019
2. I’m looking for an opportunity.
My husband once called the barber to ask for an appointment, forgot the word, and what came out of his mouth was: “I was just wondering if you have any…hair cutting opportunities?”
— Rakeen Mabud (@rakeen_mabud) October 8, 2019
3. Kind of sounds correct…
I once called a bench a "park couch."
— Le Doctor Cagle (@lecagle) October 8, 2019
4. I’m always hungry for sleep.
I once forgot the word for tired and said I was “hungry for sleep”. In English.
— Ashley Nicole Black (@ashleyn1cole) October 7, 2019
5. That is amazing.
Forgot the word for monkey once and said “banana fellow” instead
I know this pain lol
—
gay space arwen
(@spidershins) October 7, 2019
6. Let’s consult the time map.
Perfect. Reminds of the embarrassing long period of time I kept forgetting the word calendar and instead called it a time map
— Claire Spooky Potions Master Palmer (@czmarie6) October 7, 2019
7. That’s kind of poetic.
My friend's mom was tipsy and called the oven the "warming influence"
— Allison Walton (@allisonwalton) October 8, 2019
8. I like this one.
My husband once forgot the word "memory" and called it "visions of the past". You're in good company.
— Tina Sesselmann (@TinaSesselmann) October 8, 2019
9. Those bad crime people.
I once forgot the word for people who break the law and called them “crime people” instead of criminals. Happens to the best of us.
— Nina Myers (@myers_nina) October 8, 2019
10. Bailed out at the last minute.
lol. This happened to me the other day at the pharmacy, when I was trying to set up one of my elderly mom's medications for automatic… renewals? Re-ups (watching too much Wire)? Reloads? The pharmacist bailed me out: "You want auto refills on this?"
— Devin Nunes's Nana (@myerschrisj) October 8, 2019
11. The old flappy bug.
I was going for butterfly the other day, but had to settle for flappy bug.
— Adria (@AKingfisher65) October 7, 2019
12. That was long-winded.
I recently tried to come up with the word asterisk and the best I could do was, "the star symbol you put by words to indicate there's more words about it somewhere else."
— Lola Says Manfred and the DH still sucks (@lawbibliophile) October 8, 2019
13. I’m going to start using this.
Couldn’t think of “dishes” so I said I’m doing the food laundry
— vacation juice riley (@eldeeem) October 8, 2019
14. You can never go back…
Called a restaurant to make a reservation but couldn’t think of the word so asked for a food appointment and now I can never show my face there again
— Brittani Nichols (@BisHilarious) October 7, 2019
15. That’s pretty bad…
I once forgot the word for hands and called them the “top feet”
— Megan Sherlock (@MegSherlock) October 8, 2019
Did you enjoy that?
I know you’ve had some of these experiences, so please share them in the comments.
Don’t hold back on us!
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Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory (HSAM) Is a Rare but Real Condition
The few people who have highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM) can tell you exactly what happened on any given day, down to the way they felt and at what time. It’s both a superpower and a curse, depending on the circumstances. And to this day, scientists have no idea what contributors make a person have HSAM.
Though they do have some theories.
In 2006, a case study of Jill Price, referred to by the pseudonym AJ in the study, was published in Neurocase. It described in detail her unusual memory. Price later outed herself as AJ publicly.
In an email, Price explained her ability:
I can take a date, between 1974 and today, and tell you what day it falls on, what I was doing that day and if anything of great importance (i.e.: The Challenger Explosion, Tuesday, January 28, 1986) occurred on that day I can describe that to you as well …Whenever I see a date flash on the television (or anywhere else for that matter) I automatically go back to that day and remember where I was, what I was doing, what day it fell on and on and on and on and on. It is non-stop, uncontrollable and totally exhausting.
And she wasn’t alone. A number of people came forward after the report, saying they had the same ability. Some were tested and found to have HSAM, same as Price.
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Currently, only about 60 people worldwide are believed to have HSAM. Scientists are working with them to see if they can learn more about the average person’s memory, as well as how, and why, their super memories operate the way they do.
Something researchers have uncovered is that people with HSAM tend toward obsessiveness with cleaning, collecting and organizing, so there is thinking that perhaps collecting and organizing memories is part of HSAM.
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Also, structural differences in the areas of the brain associated with autobiographical memory creation show up on scans. When asked about particular dates from the past, regular people lose their ability to recall them after about a week. People with HSAM recall details up to a decade and longer.
Something else researchers found was that people with HSAM can recall false memories just as often as regular people. So, their superhuman memories are far from perfect.
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So, what does this all mean? Maybe the answer lies in the mysterious part of the brain where we turn short-term memories into long-term memory.
It would be interesting to figure out, although where this could have practical applications for those of us with normal to poor memories remains to be seen.
I kind of like living my life able to forget – at least I don’t remember all my regrets…
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