Eli5: Why do we forget things but people with eidedic memory can remember everything?

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I can forget what I studied for an exam, but others can remember. Then you have people with eidedic memory that don’t forget at all.

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That’s not exactly what eidetic memory is. Eidetic memory refers to people who remember things as if it was happening right in front of them. So the memories you do have are insanely vivid and detailed, but can still be inaccurate or lost.

I believe I have it. I definitely don’t remember everything, but it’s rare that my memory is ever wrong or lacking in detail. Vocabulary tests used to be the literal easiest thing possible for me. I wouldn’t need to look at my notes like everyone else right before a test, because the image of the definitions was in my memory. But I sure as hell don’t remember the page of definitions today.

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