The girl shocked scientists with her superpower, which is so extraordinary that it literally borders on time travel. She revealed that she can mentally go back to any day of her life and relive it in complete detail. , in addition, she demonstrated an even more remarkable talent – she can look into different scenarios of the future, as if she were watching a movie trailer.
- A seventeen-year-old teenager can relive any day of her life in detail.
- Scientists have discovered that he has an extremely developed autobiographical memory.
- It also vividly projects possible future scenarios.
Researchers from France’s Université Paris Cité followed a seventeen-year-old girl, whom they nicknamed “TL” in their study.. They discovered that he had hyperthymesia, also known as high above average autobiographical memory (HSAM). This is an extremely rare condition in which life events do not fade at all even after time. Instead, they remain instantly accessible and act as a personal collection that one can literally replay at any time.
Scientists discovered that the young girl has a great memory. (illustrative photo)
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The teenager herself indicated that she has a kind of remarkable internal archive in her head. She described it as a bright white room full of neatly arranged filing cabinets where her memories are sorted by topic. When someone says a specific date, they can relive that day with their own eyes or look at themselves from a third-person point of view, with their emotions as strong as the first time..
Scientists claim that the teenage girl’s incredible memory is entirely autobiographical. This means that it concerns exclusively her life, and not historical or encyclopedic facts. It is also interesting that the girl can imagine future scenarios just as vividly. However, the researchers emphasize that these are only possibilities and not real predictions of the future.
The authors of the study describe the girl as the first ever comprehensively investigated case that scientifically confirms “mental time travel” through the past and the future. They believe her case could open the door to a new understanding of how our memory, imagination and identity intertwine.
Traces of hyperthymesia in her brain indicate much stronger connections in areas associated with self-awareness, daydreaming, and remembering.. These are mainly the medial prefrontal cortex, the main control center associated with emotions and decision-making, and the posterior cingulate cortex, which is most active when recalling the past or imagining the future.
