Scientists scratch their heads over hyperthymesia
“Those with hyperthymesia have a bigger area in the brain to preserve long-term memories. The brain stores memories as proteins, so such people’s brains have the capacity to store more proteins, but that does not necessarily make them intelligent. They just have the capability to recall the events that they had personally experienced,” expounds Dr. Mukherjee.
Such prodigies leave one wondering about the ‘how’ of the development of such extraordinary brains. Well, scientists too do not have an answer to this yet. “Researches on the ‘Super Memory Syndrome’ are at a nascent stage, perhaps because not many cases have been detected to conduct an elaborate study. And uncovering the science behind such syndromes will not only be a pathbreaking step in the field of science, but will be another big leap for the human mind’s intelligence as well,” concluded Dr. Mukherjee. But studies indicate that hyperthymesia is neither hereditary nor a genetic disorder. Such rare cases provide scientists a chance to delve into and discover the various types of antics that the brain can play.
Therefore, UC Irvine invites those who feel that their brain can perform this unusual antic, to conduct studies on them and analyse the ‘how’ of the sparks floating in such brains... and, with this, to take science and research to a whole new paradigm.
“Those with hyperthymesia have a bigger area in the brain to preserve long-term memories. The brain stores memories as proteins, so such people’s brains have the capacity to store more proteins, but that does not necessarily make them intelligent. They just have the capability to recall the events that they had personally experienced,” expounds Dr. Mukherjee.
Such prodigies leave one wondering about the ‘how’ of the development of such extraordinary brains. Well, scientists too do not have an answer to this yet. “Researches on the ‘Super Memory Syndrome’ are at a nascent stage, perhaps because not many cases have been detected to conduct an elaborate study. And uncovering the science behind such syndromes will not only be a pathbreaking step in the field of science, but will be another big leap for the human mind’s intelligence as well,” concluded Dr. Mukherjee. But studies indicate that hyperthymesia is neither hereditary nor a genetic disorder. Such rare cases provide scientists a chance to delve into and discover the various types of antics that the brain can play.
Therefore, UC Irvine invites those who feel that their brain can perform this unusual antic, to conduct studies on them and analyse the ‘how’ of the sparks floating in such brains... and, with this, to take science and research to a whole new paradigm.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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