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Autism and memory

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What is your memory like and what do you remember best?

My earliest memories go back to me being a baby in a pram and I have a lot of quite intense childhood memories.

So, my memories go far back and I remember a lot of my life.

I'm not sure that my memory is anything special though with regard to general knowledge ie facts.

In general knowledge quizes I tend to get the obscure facts no-one else knows.

I know there are different types of memory but it's an aspect of autism I'm learning about.

Please share anything you know about the correlation between the two.

Thanks.

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  • Long term memory - good (strangely so). I seem to be good with detail.

    Can remember dates of events and conversations (some which are general "every day" things, especially when it's an anniversary of the thing). I feel this kind of memory helps anchor me in time.

    VERY nostalgic. Although this is memory and emotion.

    Remember obscure facts too so yes to the pub quiz thing. 

    I did an online course a few years ago about forensic psychology. The concept of memory is interest that we often don't remember things as they actually happened (altho this was linked to witness testimony of traumatic events). 

    Working short term memory - often abysmal.

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  • Long term memory - good (strangely so). I seem to be good with detail.

    Can remember dates of events and conversations (some which are general "every day" things, especially when it's an anniversary of the thing). I feel this kind of memory helps anchor me in time.

    VERY nostalgic. Although this is memory and emotion.

    Remember obscure facts too so yes to the pub quiz thing. 

    I did an online course a few years ago about forensic psychology. The concept of memory is interest that we often don't remember things as they actually happened (altho this was linked to witness testimony of traumatic events). 

    Working short term memory - often abysmal.

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