THE WOMAN WHO REMEMBERS EVERYTHING POTATO BRICKS ON MARS

A woman who has a perfect memory and can recall every day in her life. Californian Jill Price has a condition called hyperthymesia syndrome, a term coined specifically to describe her condition. She can remember just about anything from her life after the age of 14, including the dates of world events that were ongoing, so long as she knew about them then.

It’s not aways a blessing. When things have become too much, Price has kept journals to try to cope. “It’s all swirling and kind of in the front of my head because it’s not written down,” she said. “As soon as I write it down, it relaxes everything.”

Scientists are obviously very interested, as Price’s syndrome directs a challenge to the idea that memory changes over time, along with the emotional power of events we recall.