Friday, May 09, 2008

Jill Price, the woman who remembers everything...

A woman who has baffled doctors with her ability to remember every detail of every day has broken her anonymity to speak of her condition.

Jill Price, 42, can remember every part of her life since she was 14 but considers her ability a curse as she cannot switch off.

She described her life as like a split-screen television, with one side showing what she is doing in the present, and the other showing the memories which she cannot hold back.

Every detail about every day since 1980 - what time she got up, who she met, what she did, even what she ate - is locked in her brain and can be released to come flooding back by common triggers like songs, smells or place names. More...

See also: Your brain: how to keep it healthier and ... younger!
And this: Who are We? (Must see absolutely)

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