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Hyperthymesia is the medical term
An overactive hypothalamus which holds onto all memories in an obsessive manner regardless of their relevancy or emotional content, cooperating with the hippocampus.
If the brain were a person, a hyperthymesic brain has OCD.
I would know, I have one.
The name of the Buy Mode music of the 2001 Life Simulation Game The Sims is named "Mall Rat" by Jerry Martin.
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Hyperthymesia seems to be more autobiographical, rather than a total recall of memory.
That wiki page goes on to explain an example of someone who could perfectly remember a specific day in their past, but were unable to recall what their interviewers were wearing after spending a day with them.