The man remembers everything

Bob Petrella, the man can remember everything that happened in the past. All his memories are recorded as files in the computer, which can be easily retrieved with absolute precision.

On February 18, 1981, it was the time when Bob met his friend Susan Angelo for the first time, still remembering it was the fourth day while his friend had completely forgotten the event after more than 30 years of life. .

For ordinary people, the days when they remember them often on special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries or family reunions. But Bob has been conceived for a very special ability, he can remember everything he has experienced in his life.

Super memory

Bob, 62, is one of four people in the US that has a special ability: Remember everything . Give him a day or an event, Bob can tell things about them. A special feature of this man is his ability to remember the events related to his family's life often outperforming what he himself has experienced.

Angelo said: 'He called me and I swear on the 6-year round we met. I received voice messages and Bob said very happily on this anniversary. ' Meanwhile, Challis, another of his friends shared: 'This guy is like an alien'.

Bob has a very ordinary life, he is a producer for a sports TV channel specializing in tennis. Everyone who knows him to this point is amazed at Bob's superhuman memory.

Portrait of Bob Petrella, the man who never forgets

He recounted the day Princess Diana died: ' It was on Saturday, August 30, 1997, I remembered that I was lying on the sofa at home and watching CNN. At that time, not only CNN but all channels were filled with information about the death of the Princess. ' Even this special man remembered the next day, August 31, 1997, had a football match. between Steelers and Dallas teams ended with a score of 37-7.

Memory is up to infinite levels

Bob's ability to store information is a blend of personal experience and public events. With a hobby of sports, he remembers printing every tracked event, besides, historical landmarks such as being automatically put into Bob's brain, he remembers them naturally.

Many people try to understand how Bob's memory works, said Dr. James McGaugh, director and founder of the Center for Memory Neuroscience at the University of California (USA), saying: 'We I don't know why Bob can do that and want to discover this mystery. '

Bob and some other special minds in the United States were invited to the center to study. Through the research process, Dr. James said: 'These are not learning machines and remember details. These are not people who have what is called memory. They all experience personal events and cannot forget them. '

Experts have given 60 questions to the candidates, these are questions only for those with very good memory and Bob has completely overcome. One of them was: 'The day, month, year and place of the massacre of Palestinian guerrilla groups aimed at Israeli athletes'. Bob answered quickly to stun the University of California expert when he answered: 'September 5, 1972 in Munich, Germany'.

Dr. James said that most of the people involved in the study were left-handed, or inclined to be left-handed - doing everything with the left hand except writing. They are also people who can be deeply obsessed with what they have witnessed. He said: 'They saved a lot of things and saved a lot of money. I bet, if the world is like them, the companies that often organize photo galleries will never be able to make money. '

In an interview with ABC News, Bob said: 'I always explained to everyone that it seems that there is always a camera attached to my shoulder and recording what I experienced. When asked about an event, I just need to sit back, unfold the old tapes that can say exactly what happened at the time, right from my mind '.

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Memory like a computer hard drive

All that is stored in Bob's memory is completely unintentional. Bob can remember exactly what day, month and month when he had to wear glasses at age 5, from that point on, when this special man could remember everything that happened during birthdays. mine.

Bob said: 'I remember all PINs of my ATM cards. On September 24, 2006, I lost my phone, this could be a nightmare for people when hundreds of contacts stored there were lost, but my phone didn't save any numbers, all be remembered in the head '.

He admitted his brain was like a computer hard drive, when it was possible to eliminate bad memories when Bob happened to witness some bad situation.

However, genius is sometimes wrong. Few people can imagine, the man with this superhuman memory sometimes puzzled in a confusing way. He could walk into a room before startling to wonder why he came here or casually returned home from the dinner shop and forgot about the car parked outside his door.

Bob said: 'I've always had a great memory but never liked advertising or bragging about it. People often think I have a syndrome called Savant, when I have a great memory from the supreme being. Or simply, they think I lie about my ability '.