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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Nobody has a perfect memory. There’s natural variation in how good memory is, but above a certain level you’re seeing a learned skill of associating things with other things and forming patterns to make it easier to remember stuff.

If you want to get better at it, look up the Roman Room method, also called a memory palace or the method of locations. Sheer practice also matters.

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