This super memory could help researchers understand what it takes to preserve the brain’s memory. Those with hyperthymesia remember most of their personal experiences in remarkably vivid detail. The hippocampus is the epicenter of learning and memory in the brain, while the amygdala regulates emotional memory and processes emotions so they can be linked to memory. “We think of memory as this continuum—at the lowest end, we have conditions that almost impair memory,” Talbot says. If we focus on [understanding] great memory rather than failing memory, it would be curing more memory issues.”