Nothing spicy inferred in my " ", lol. Just a weird and unexpected bad-luck streak which ironically began with a person I'd have least expected it from. But that's another story.
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I wonder if the people like the lady mentioned in the article (with the "autobigraphical" memory) have any problems thinking in the future, or if both processes can co-exist with the only draw back of being "haunted" by everything you've ever experienced.
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Oh gosh...yeah.
Last evening we watched a History Channel special regarding the memory, particularly photographic versus extreme short-term. A man was featured who 20 years ago suffered a tumor near or on the hippocampus; it was removed but had done its damage: A former accomplished music composer, since then he's left with roughly 30 seconds of memory.
However, he recovered with speech perfectly intact and fluent, and can still read sheet music and play piano with the same vigor and expertise as before.
The brain is our other "final frontier."
I'm glad to forget some things. Most folks are I suppose.