[ACT-R-users] Perfect Episodic Memory

[Kelley, Troy (Civ,ARL/HRED)]

This past weekend on 60 minutes there was a story on perfect episodic memory.  Unfortunately, the researcher who discovered this is calling it "superior autobiographical memory" which is unfortunate because it is clearly a discovery of memory for episodic events.  Anyway, after MRI scans of these people, it was found that they had larger than normal temporal lobes and a larger caudate nucleus - which appears to indicate that perhaps "normal" people are limited by brain capacity to remember every episode in their lives.  There also appears to be a relationship between perfect episodic memory and OCD tendencies since the caudate nucleus appears to be connected to OCD.
 
Anyway, interesting story for any memory researcher.
 
You can watch 60 minutes on the web here.
 
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7166313n&tag=mg;mostpopvideo
 
Happy Holidays
Troy Kelley
ARL