Thank you for supplying the link, Stephen. I saw the last half of that segment of "60 Minutes" and knew my Intro classes would love to see this clip about the unique memories of these people, and how they're *nothing* like people who say they have "a very good memory." This is a whole different ballgame. Nice to see the first part and to have a link to make a video to show my class.
Beth Benoit Granite State College Plymouth State University New Hampshire On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 11:44 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I've been meaning to recommend this remarkable recent segment on the > the USA TV programme "60 Minutes". It concerns a small group of > adults who have what is being called, with understatement, "superior > autobiographical memory". The segment is called "The Gift of Endless > Memory" and it's at http://tinyurl.com/2594p8z (videos and > trascript). > > The researcher involved is the eminent James McGaugh, professor of > neurobiology at the University of California Irvine. Their apparently > effortless ability to remember life events (calendar dates and what > happened on them) is astounding, rivaling that of autistic > calculators (which these people are not). And the memories have been > documented. > > As a bonus, the 60 Minutes interviewer, Lesley Stahl, was able to add > to McGaugh's small group of such people her friend, the actress > Marilu Henner, fondly remembered by many for her work in the sitcom > "Taxi" which ran between 1978 and 1983. She's pretty good, too (in > memory, as in sit-com). > > Stephen > -------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Professor of Psychology, Emeritus > Bishop's University > Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada > e-mail: sblack at ubishops.ca > --------------------------------------------- > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aaf72&n=T&l=tips&o=7585 > or send a blank email to > leave-7585-13105.b9b37cdd198e940b73969ea6ba7aa...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7588 or send a blank email to leave-7588-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
