martin has a very stunning memory of virtually everything that has happened to him since he was 4 years of age. he remembers th
e weather on his 6th birthday, the baseball card he got when he was 11 years old, and the color of the eyes of the girl who sat next to him in his sixth grade classroom. martin remembers all of these details despite the fact that he is 53 years of age. martin has a condition called ______.
Hyperthymesia is the condition that allows people to remember an abnormal large amount of experiences that they've gone through. They also remember these experiences with an incredible vivid detail. This recall of situations of memories is not based in mnemotechnics but it just stays in their mind without any other helpful strategies.
In this case, Martin has a stunning memory of virtually everything that has happened to him since he was 4, he remembers specific details of his 6th birthday and 6th grade. He actually remembers this even after almost 50 years later. Therefore we can conclude that the condition he has is Hyperthymesia.
