"Meet the Memory Woman"
20/20 Segment; Air Date: May 9, 2008 on ABC
Correspondent: Diane Sawyer
20/20 Segment; Air Date: May 9, 2008 on ABC
Correspondent: Diane Sawyer
Summary: Diane Sawyer presents the story of Jill Price who can recall every moment of her life, since the age 14, even reliving the feelings she felt as if it were that moment again. Ms. Price explains it as having "a split screen in my head. I always explain it to people like I'm walking around with a video camera on my shoulder. And every day is a videotape. So if you throw a date out at me, it's as if I pulled a videotape out, put in a VCR and just watched the day. As it happened. From my point of view. I walk around with my life right next to me." Ms. Price is the first documented person with hyperthymestic syndrome, a condition in which autobiographical memories cannot be forgotten. This is an amazing story, so please visit "Meet the Memory Woman" where you can view the segment that was aired on ABC's 20/20.
Connection to Psychology: This story relates to pretty much all aspects of memory that we studied in Chapter 6. Ms. Price's ability to retrieve memories in such detail is being studied in hopes of helping Alzheimer's patients. Parts of Ms. Price's brain are 3 times the size of other women her age. The enlarged parts of her brain control memory and areas associated with OCD. Since some doctors feel Price "hoards" memories and hoarding is one sign of OCD, this story can also relate to Chapter 12 where we studied anxiety disorders.
Connection to Psychology: This story relates to pretty much all aspects of memory that we studied in Chapter 6. Ms. Price's ability to retrieve memories in such detail is being studied in hopes of helping Alzheimer's patients. Parts of Ms. Price's brain are 3 times the size of other women her age. The enlarged parts of her brain control memory and areas associated with OCD. Since some doctors feel Price "hoards" memories and hoarding is one sign of OCD, this story can also relate to Chapter 12 where we studied anxiety disorders.
1 comment:
Sharon i found this article amazing. That someone can recall every memory in there life that seems like it would be a blessing and a curse. because everyone has those memorys that they want to remember forever and there are some you want to forget. I also found intersting that someone doctors are describing her as hoarding memory.
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