Jefferson Price's rather sniffy piece on Jill Price's abitity to have total recall of the events in her life since the age of 14 smacked of the not-so-much interested, but rather haughty, put down of someone who perhaps struggled himself with por recall. It smacked very much of "what is the point, she is obviously not very intelligent and what possible use can it be to remember what TV show you watched on the 14th november 32 years ago". He has totally missed the point. It is of amazing interest that someone [there are MANY kinds of intelligence, anyone can have this recall. It is my beief that somewhere along the line [age 14, now that might be a clue...certainly of interest to pursue, but not to Jefferson Singer in his rush to put Jill's extraordinary ability down]. As I was saying, far more interestingly is that she appears to have been able to tap in to her subconscious mind's totall recall. This is something we all have. It records faithfully every event in our lives since birth, but most of us have no access to it other that they way we experience the vibration of these events as 'feelings'. Now THAT is interesting. How has she been able to access this vast database? I would love to know and I know gzillions of others interested in the 'new paradigm' who woulod also.

Your speculation that the mechanism of Jill Price's unique form of memory could be caused by a similar process as the memory processes in Asperger's was very interesting to me.

I have Asperger's. I recently picked up this book, because I saw some of myself in the description of Jill's experiences. My memory is nowhere near as comprehensive (factually) as hers is, however, I notice a very clear difference between the function of my memory and the memory of others not on the spectrum.

Regards, Lynne Soraya

Unfortunately, I haven't read the book, but I am being studied by my psychologist for the same condition. I can tell you exactly what I was doing on July 2, 1976, and I was hardly 3. (It's a long story...but it was very hot and I was wearing very loud plaid pants and eating a push-up) I can remember things that no one else can ( I tried to look for pieces of Skylab on May 11 1979. and the grainy images of the Tenerife air disaster of 1977) but I can tell you that it is a double-edged sword. Sure, it's great to remember the 1984 family picnic, but not so great to remember the family drama that went on that year. I can't tell you how my brain does it, it just does, and it's automatic. It's also very bad for relationships. How would you like a wife that remembered EVERYTHING. I'm almost 36, and it gets more acute every year. ( I can recall everything I did, ate , smelled, and drank at certain times.) I sometimes wonder if it is my intelligence that has caused this , or perhaps just a quirk in the electrical system of my brain.