{"id":140845,"date":"2025-11-28T09:56:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T08:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/sin-categorizar\/the-almost-unique-disorder-that-dabiz-munoz-suffers-from-what-is-hyperthymesia-and-why-does-it-only-affect-less-than-100-people-in-the-world\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T09:56:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T08:56:21","slug":"the-almost-unique-disorder-that-dabiz-munoz-suffers-from-what-is-hyperthymesia-and-why-does-it-only-affect-less-than-100-people-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lavozdeibiza.com\/en\/society\/the-almost-unique-disorder-that-dabiz-munoz-suffers-from-what-is-hyperthymesia-and-why-does-it-only-affect-less-than-100-people-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The almost unique disorder that Dabiz Mu\u00f1oz suffers from: what is hyperthymesia and why does it only affect less than 100 people in the world?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dabiz Mu\u00f1oz<\/strong> ‘s visit to El Hormiguero<\/em> has left numerous headlines, but one of them has stood out above the rest: the chef from Madrid revealed that he suffers from hyperthymesia<\/strong>, an extraordinarily rare disorder that affects less than a hundred people in the world and is characterized by an out-of-the-ordinary autobiographical memory.<\/p>\n

The chef, known for his radical creativity and culinary intuition, surprised the audience by explaining: “It’s wild. I remember everything I’ve eaten (…) I have a brutal memory to know what I’ve eaten, when I’ve eaten it, what it tastes like, where it was and how it was… I have mostly texture and flavor”.<\/strong> A confession that opened the door to a debate on what it means to have this kind of memory and how it affects his work in haute cuisine. <\/p>\n

What is hyperthymesia<\/em>? A perfect autobiographical memory <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Hyperthymesia<\/strong> is an extremely unusual disorder or syndrome that allows sufferers to recall in an accurate, vivid and virtually unlimited<\/strong> way details of their past life. It is neither a common memory nor a typical good memory: it is the ability to record and recall dates, sensations, conversations, places, smells or emotions as if they happened yesterday. <\/p>\n

As described in the general clinical report of this phenomenon, hyperthymesia makes it possible to remember “even the smallest detail of past experiences”. It is not a trained memory, but an extraordinarily rare neurological trait. <\/p>\n

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The hypertimesia of @Dabizdiverxo<\/a> #DabizMu\u00f1ozEH<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/W2Kj9VOnZq<\/a><\/p>\n

– El Hormiguero (@El_Hormiguero) November 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n