hypermnesia

noun

Definition of hypermnesianext
as in total recall

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  1. total recall
  2. memory
  3. thinking
  4. recollection
  5. mind
  6. meditation
Noun
  • Instead, the greatest value will be in second-generation applications that provide total recall and augmented cognition.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2012
  • But 2024’s total recalls so far are lower than last year, which saw just over 2,000 recalls, the highest since 2017.
    Vivian La, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of total recall
Noun
  • Why Writing Things Down Can Accelerate Success Writing things down is a simple yet powerful way to activate the brain’s focus, memory and motivation.
    Anthony A. Luna, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Buy Now: The Dry Season on Bookshop | Amazon | Barnes & Noble Flashlight, Susan Choi (June 3) Susan Choi's new novel, Flashlight, inspired by her 2020 short story of the same name, traces the disappearance of a father across time, space, and memory.
    Shannon Carlin, TIME, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of memory
Noun
  • Even the mainstream media is warning users away from RCS, leaving Google with some thinking to do.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Arledge, whose quick thinking in 1972 catapulted him to success in ABC's news division, snaps into action.
    Marco della Cava, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of thinking
Noun
  • The year’s most impressive filmmaking debut was the playwright Annie Baker’s soft but spiky recollection of life in western Massachusetts in the early ’90s.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Looking back on decades of destruction and rebuilding — of their family, of their home country — neither sister has a rose-colored recollection.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of recollection
Noun
  • The shtick was that the powers that be had changed their minds after seeing a recut version.
    Raechal Shewfelt, EW.com, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Her husband, my grandfather, was not only a composer who wrote liturgical music, motets, symphonies, and string quartets but also a beloved music teacher who believed that music was as crucial to the development of the mind as math.
    Stephanie H. Murray, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of mind
Noun
  • Worse still are its vague, belabored meditations on the psychic toll of life undercover.
    Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Dedicated meditation rooms, community spaces for social interaction and window design that pulls in natural light are among features that will be chosen to promote mental health.
    Jeffrey Steele, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of meditation
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