Until language becomes quite proficient in us, like when we’re three or four, we may have those memories but we can’t gain verbal access to them to report them.”Ī lot of people don’t realize they have HSAM until they are older and share specific memories of specific days with their friends when those friends can hardly remember anything. Some people believe our memories are verbally encoded. “When people are asked for their earliest memories, they are usually between 3 or 4,” Roediger said. Why can he only remember exact days after age eight? Roediger says that is tied up in the same question about why we can’t remember our memories of being a baby. “It’s extraordinarily rare,” Roediger said. Out of the thousands of people they have tested with superb memory, they’ve only found about 55 people with HSAM. Psychologists and neuroscientists at the University of California-Irvine only discovered the ability 10 years ago. The discovery of his abilities so early is also important, because most people who have been found to have HSAM are older. The remarkable thing about Jake is that he has this ability to remember days of his life like he can yesterday.” “If you asked them to do the same thing for four years ago, they’d probably do less well. “If I were to ask you or the audience to remember everything you did yesterday, they could probably do that reasonably well,” Roediger said. Louis on the Air” to talk about his research. Henry “Roddy” Roediger, one of the scientists featured in the documentary and a professor of psychology at Washington University who is studying Hausler also joined “St. Hausler’s story is part of a new NOVA documentary airing on PBS on Wednesday called “ Memory Hackers,” which features the work of other scientists aiming to understand the intangible elements of our brain and memory. Sari Hausler is Jake Hausler's mother and first noticed his memory was different when he was in kindergarten. Hausler said that, although there are downsides, his friends think his ability is pretty cool and he has had opportunities to go on television and radio, which are also exciting experiences. They said they can also go back and remember time so vividly with the person… is hard to live through but he will also have the flip side.” “A lot of older people with HSAM, over time, they say the good memories will outweigh the bad memories. “It’s a blessing in that he can remember so many things,” said Sari Hausler, Jake’s mother who first realized he could remember things differently when Jake was in kindergarten. Hausler said memories, like moving and getting in trouble, can be hard to cope with but he can make those memories less intense over a period of about two months.
Then, I can remember every bad thing and, of course, that’s horrible.” “For the main reason that I can remember everything, so I don’t have to worry about forgetting … dates and stuff. Louis on the Air,” host Don Marsh asked Hausler if his memory capabilities are a blessing or a burden.
Now, researchers at Washington University are mapping his brain to discover what makes his memory so powerful and if there are lessons to be learned that impact people with normal memory capabilities. Would you love it or loathe it? That’s what Jake Hausler, a local 12-year-old with Highly Superior Autobiographical Memory, has been able to do ever since age 8. Imagine you could remember every day of your life in exquisite detail.
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