total recall
Flawless memory retention
Total recall is the ability to remember something completely and accurately, as if replaying a recording: She has total recall of conversations from years ago.
The phrase often appears in discussions of exceptional memory, though true photographic memory is rare and disputed.
It also names a 1990 science fiction film about implanted memories.
Perfectly retaining mental images
- photographic memoryFlawless visual remembrance ability
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
- flashbackInvoluntary past memory
mnemonics · hippocampus · engram · autobiographical · cognitive · neuroscience · long-term memory · retrieval
- 1990Final decade's start
- MarsRed planet, war deity
- QuaidAmerican acting surname
- mutantsGenetically altered organisms
Colin Farrell · Philip K. Dick · red planet · Sharon Stone · secret agent · two weeks · resistance
Dystopian tech-noir fiction
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
- Mars colonyHabitation on fourth planet
- virtual realityComputer-created interactive environment
- memory implantDevice adding artificial recollections
mind-bending · neurotechnology · brain interface · simulation · mindwipe · cerebral · science fiction · speculative
Pathological loss of recall
- false memoryBelieved but fictional recall
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- alter-egoAlternate version of oneself
- doppelgangerSupernatural duplicate of oneself
who am I · real self · persona · identity crisis · authenticity · reprogrammed · sleeper agent · hidden past
Rapid following of quarry
- explosionsViolent, rapid expansions
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- stuntsDangerous performed feats
gunfight · shootout · blockbuster · high-octane · intense · climax · escape · pursuit
eidetic
Perfectly retaining mental images
- photographic memoryFlawless visual remembrance ability
- reminiscenceRecalling past experiences
- recollectionRecalled mental image
flashback · mnemonics · hippocampus · engram · autobiographical · cognitive · neuroscience · long-term memory · retrieval · vivid memory
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Colin Farrell · Philip K. Dick · mutants · red planet · Sharon Stone · secret agent · two weeks · resistance
cyberpunk
Dystopian tech-noir fiction
- dystopiaImaginary terrible society
- Mars colonyHabitation on fourth planet
- virtual realityComputer-created interactive environment
memory implant · mind-bending · neurotechnology · brain interface · simulation · mindwipe · cerebral · science fiction · speculative
amnesia
Pathological loss of recall
- false memoryBelieved but fictional recall
- self-discoveryLearning one's true character
- alter-egoAlternate version of oneself
doppelganger · who am I · real self · persona · identity crisis · authenticity · reprogrammed · sleeper agent · hidden past · dual identity
chase
Rapid following of quarry
- explosionsViolent, rapid expansions
- thrillerSuspense-driven narrative genre
- combatArmed hostile engagement
stunts · gunfight · shootout · blockbuster · high-octane · intense · climax · escape · pursuit · fight scene
- memory phrasesring a bell, jog your memory, tip of tongue, commit to memory, slipped my mind
- memory termsremembering, recollection, flashback, reminiscence, retention
- memory expertsmemorizer
- lucid dreaminglucid dreaming, lucid dreams, reality check, reality checks, dream journal
- fame levelscelebrity status, household name, obscurity, anonymity, notoriety
- medical odditiesElephant Man, conjoined twins, Siamese twins, progeria, gigantism
total recallamnesia
Pathological loss of recall
forgetfulness · memory loss · poor memory · memory gaps · memory lapse
total recallfalse memory
Believed but fictional recall
confabulation · misremembering · memory distortion · unreliable memory · false recollection
total recallselective memory
Unconsciously filtering past events
repression · suppression · repressed memory · memory erasure
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