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New Word #100
It’s the 100 post for the “New Word” series, but I don’t have an exciting topic for it. So I choose to list some words for memory.
One Remembers It
reminiscence: A remembrance of the past occurrences.
nostalgia: fond memory of the past
déjà vu: It’s a situation when one feels that one has already seen it somewhere.
Common Memory Distortions
the Mandela effect: It is referring to an occasion when a large number of people believe something happened but actually it didn’t happen.
paramnesia: distorted memory
confabulation: unintentional false memory. It is said this happens each time our brain is puzzled. The brain doesn’t want to say, “I don’t understand.” So the brain creates an explanation which contributes to a false memory.
Memory Illnesses
Alzheimer’s disease: The degeneration of the brain that causes memory loss.
amnesia: loss of memory
athazagoraphobia: fear of forgetting someone or something
Very Good Memory
eidetic: In psychology, this means very vivid memory about something.
Savant Syndrome: a rare condition in which a person, who suffers from developmental disorders, develops amazing memory and other abilities.
Hyperthymesia is an ability that allows people to remember nearly every event of their life with great precision.
Haoyan Do 
This sounds like an occasion for singing!
This is a good one.
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So true. Our memory has this effect on us.
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Congratulations on your 100th post for the series. Very curious words. I will look into the history of the Mandela and Savant effect. Very interesting.
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Thank you very much. That’s really sweet. And very nice to hear from you. Yes, I think Mandela and Savant are very interesting phenomena. LOL.
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Wonderful Haoyan.
Congratulations on being so consistent. 🙂
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Thank you, Terveen. Thank you for all your encouragement. I do have a love and hate relationship with consistency.
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Congrats, congrats, congrats to your 100th post! Always excited to read your new word associations!
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Thank you for your sweet comment. Yes, one hundred new word and I wish I could come up with something more interesting than memory since we all hate memorization in school. LOL. I am glad you like them.
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