Meaning & use
hyperthymesia
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A rare condition in which a person can recall an extraordinary number of details from their personal past with great accuracy.
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Researchers studied her hyperthymesia after she could describe what she had eaten on nearly any date in the past decade.
Hyperthymesia is so rare that only a small number of confirmed cases exist worldwide.
A note on using this word
A relatively new term in psychology, first widely discussed in scientific literature in the mid-2000s.
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