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Might actually be the opposite. Your memory might be normal where the wife has 'exceptional' memory.
Memory is one of those things that people assume everyone else has the same. But fairly recently they have documented some very extreme differences.
Since I am aware of this I was in the position to identify this when I was having a conversation with a woman. I was able to pick up that she had an extraordinary ability to recall events in great detail even to the date when it happened. But convincing her that it was in fact unusual was very difficult.
You can read about one case by looking up the actress 'Marilu Henner'. (Keep in mind that stats related to her represent those identified and not necessarily the number that exist.)
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I agree that she is unusual. All jokes about women never forgetting aside.
She is also a super recognizer. She can see a famous face for a brief instance and is confident she knows who it is and is almost always right. She can see a child picture of a famous adult and quickly know who it is.
I am very far from that. I tend to need to hear their voice before I can have a level of confidence. Superman's disguise as Clark Kent would work on me. Change your hair, I probably won't recognize you for a while. I've always been that way. Don't get mugged, I'll be a lousy witness.
I think facial recognition and memory are tied together. She remembers the fine details that make up a face, me not so much unless I really, really, know it.
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Rich Shealer wrote: I tend to need to hear their voice before I can have a level of confidence...She remembers the fine details that make up a face, me not so much unless I really, really, know it.
Mild prosopagnosia is already known in study participants. I suspect given normal human distribution curves that it is far higher than known.
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Hi, Rich,
Are you asking for advice here for a relationship problem ... i'm unclear.
My ex-wife (American, divorced 30 Years ago) was hyper-empathic: over years having to be her therapist exhausted me, a factor led to divorce.
i would distinguish between "crisp memories" and reliving/obsessing negative emotions. If she wants to change that pattern, there are good modern therapies for that.
best wishes, bill (former board-certified therapist)
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
modified 23-Aug-23 2:15am.
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Not asking for advice, just pointing out my experiences with memory. But I would be lying if I said it didn’t cause negative friction at times.
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if you, or she, want to change: there are good modern techniques available: not Freudian, Jungian, Adlerian; check out Cognitive Behavior Therapy[^].
cheers, bill
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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Dunces! Hat stemmed blood. (9)
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Staunched
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In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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YAUTuesday.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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i had the privilege of working directly with him when i was on the 4 person skunk-works team that created the proof-of-concept that became Acrobat. He was an inspiration who made everyone ... working insane hours ... feel valued, respected.
from John, and Ivar Sunderland, and Martin Newell, Xerox PARC, Canon ... came desktop publishing and direct action via mouse UI's, vector fonts, and so much more.
«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch
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You were very fortunate to know him Bill
In a closed society where everybody's guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world of thieves, the only final sin is stupidity. - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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I agree. Very fortunate. He was Genius. Many moons ago (late 1970's and early 1980's, if memory serves), I implemented Warnock's hidden line elimination algorithm in a program at Grad school. It was designed to process very large CAD images with extreme detail using dynamic overlays and adaptive image partitioning (3D quad trees with pseudo recursion, written in Fortran). It ran on a Data General Eclipse mini-computer (and later on VAX under VMS). There is an example of the hidden line output used by Richard Feynman in his book "What do you care what other people think?" Pg, 159.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
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