ot - short term memory

no joke: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071203/D8TA8PA80.html

ellen wrote:
> no joke: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071203/D8TA8PA80.html

Isn't this amazing! One article wondered if this was an ability
that people with autism are more likely to retain (because some
people with autism perform incredible feats of memory - this site
has videos of some of these, and they are spectacular!)
http://www.wisconsinmedicalsociety.org/savant_syndrome/

FurPaw

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FurPaw wrote the following on 12/4/2007 10:40 PM:
> ellen wrote:
>> no joke: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071203/D8TA8PA80.html
>
> Isn't this amazing! One article wondered if this was an ability
> that people with autism are more likely to retain

My autistic daughter has an amazing memory for the things that interest
her. "Five years ago on the day it snowed -- it was a Tuesday, January 5,
and the snow started at 3:12..."

With my memory fading out, she has really stepped up to help me remember
appointments and occasions.

Karen R.

WWWSC #4 wrote:
> FurPaw wrote the following on 12/4/2007 10:40 PM:
>> ellen wrote:
>>> no joke: http://apnews.myway.com/article/20071203/D8TA8PA80.html
>>
>> Isn't this amazing! One article wondered if this was an ability that
>> people with autism are more likely to retain
>
> My autistic daughter has an amazing memory for the things that interest
> her. "Five years ago on the day it snowed -- it was a Tuesday, January
> 5, and the snow started at 3:12..."
>
> With my memory fading out, she has really stepped up to help me remember
> appointments and occasions.
>

My friend Megg claims to have no memory at all - in fact she can work
beside people for years, talk to them every day and never remember
their names - but if you have a cat, she'll remember the cat's name,
birthday and details. She can pull names of obscure stars with
specific size/colour/distance from Sol, etc, right out of thin air
and, of course, random Star Trek plots.

But if you ever meet her she'll introduce herself with the line "don't
bother telling me your name - I won't remember it"


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