Highly superior autobiographical memory (HSAM)

Do you spend an excessive amount of time thinking about past experiences? Are you able to vividly recall details of events from your life extending back several decades? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperthymesia Please read this Wikipedia article. Around 60 people with such highly superior autobiographical memory have been found so far. India is an untapped region in this regard. If you suspect yourself or someone you know of having this condition, please contact vishnu.sreekumar@iiit.ac.in. We would love to chat with you about how you can contribute to our understanding of human memory.

Severely deficient autobiographical memory (SDAM)

Are you unable to recall vividly details of events from your life? While you may be unable to vividly recollect the details of your experiences, you probably have a successful and healthy life otherwise. https://sdamstudy.weebly.com/what-is-sdam.html If you suspect yourself or someone you know of having this condition, please contact vishnu.sreekumar@iiit.ac.in. We would love to chat with you about how you can contribute to our understanding of human memory.

Other conditions we would be interested in studying:

• Mild cognitive impairment (MCI): Feel like your cognitive abilities have been slipping? Have family/friends started noticing it as well?

• Alzheimer's Disease (AD)

• Semantic Dementia (SD): trouble matching images to words that describe them?

• Other conditions resulting in memory/cognitive impairments.

Please contact vishnu.sreekumar@iiit.ac.in to be added to a pool of research participants for our studies.