Forgetfulness is a form of freedom. Khalil Gibran  Jill Price not only recalls everything, but is unable to forget anything.
{"Image DocumentName": "Forgetfulness is a form of freedom. Khalil Gibran", "Image ImageDescription": "Jill Price not only recalls everything, but is unable to forget anything. For Jill, both the important and the mundane are always accessible, forming a running movie running simultaneously with current experiences. Click to reveal bullets. Instructor: you could ask students, what do they think Khalil Gibran\u2019s quotation means? Perhaps he is implying that the ability to forget traumatic or discouraging memories can free us to choose our current outlook on life. The discomfort with intrusive memories applies not only to people like Jill Price with this brain condition (known as hyperthymesia), but also to memory athletes who memorize huge amounts of data. It also applies to people with memories burned in by trauma or other emotional intensity or obsessive review/rehearsal. Jill Price, patient A.J. If we were unable to forget: we might not focus well on current stimuli because of intrusive memories.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}