CBS的“六十分钟”曾经做过一次Hyperthymesia超忆症的专题,有兴趣的可以看一下。
The Gift of Endless Memory
他们对一组超忆症人群进行分析和对比发现:........
"We have the chicken/egg problem. Do they have these larger brain regions because they have exercised it a lot? Or do they have good memories…because these are larger?" McGaugh explained.
And what about the fact that the caudate nucleus is thought to be involved in obsessive compulsive disorder? The scientists think there may just be a hint there.
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"All of them have what we think of, what we describe as OCD-like behaviors. They love to collect things. They have to have things in just the right order," Cahill said.
"What about phobias?" McGaugh asked the group assembled by "60 Minutes."
"Does hypochondria count? It's like, 'Oh, I hope I don't get this. I hope I don't get that disease,'" Brad Williams asked.
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他们都有超群的caudate nucleus尾状核(我是文科生,生物渣.....),除此之外,他们也都有类似强迫症的症状:收集东西、排列东西、洁癖、恐惧症、癔症等等。
如果用那句俗到烂的“上帝他老人家给你关了道门但是还给你留了扇窗哦”解释的话,拥有卓绝超群的记忆力那么势必会在其他方面或多或少有一些缺陷吧。
这些拥有超忆症人群的人大都把它当作一种天赋,但有些人觉得被这种天赋所拖累,而有些人恰恰觉得拥有这种天赋能活的有滋有味。
可是,当你知道你会牢记今天的每一个细节,无论你做什么出彩的事情,也不可能让这一天的记忆变得比其他的日子更加美好,这样的天赋,你想不想要? |