▁and ▁novel ▁situations ▁in ▁popular ▁media . ▁ ▁Two ▁phen omena ▁that ▁appear ▁regularly ▁are ▁total ▁recall ▁ab ilities ▁and ▁am nes ia . ▁ ▁Total ▁recall ▁ ▁The ▁Argent ine an ▁author , ▁Jorge ▁Luis ▁Borg es ▁wrote ▁the ▁short ▁story ▁F unes ▁the ▁Mem orious ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 . ▁ ▁It ▁dep ict s ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁I rene o ▁F unes , ▁a ▁fict ional ▁character ▁who ▁falls ▁off ▁his ▁horse ▁and ▁experiences ▁a ▁head ▁injury . ▁ ▁After ▁this ▁accident , ▁F unes ▁has ▁total ▁recall ▁ab ilities . ▁ ▁He ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁recall ▁an ▁entire ▁day ▁with ▁no ▁mistakes , ▁but ▁this ▁fe at ▁of ▁recall ▁takes ▁him ▁an ▁entire ▁day ▁to ▁accomplish . ▁ ▁It ▁is ▁said ▁that ▁Borg es ▁was ▁ahead ▁of ▁his ▁time ▁in ▁his ▁description ▁of ▁memory ▁processes ▁in ▁this ▁story , ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s ▁and ▁research ▁on ▁the ▁patient ▁H M ▁that ▁some ▁of ▁what ▁the ▁author ▁describes ▁began ▁to ▁be ▁understood . ▁ ▁A ▁more ▁recent ▁instance ▁of ▁total ▁recall ▁in ▁literature ▁is ▁found ▁in ▁ ▁is ▁in ▁St ieg ▁Lar sson ' s ▁books ▁The ▁Girl ▁with ▁the ▁Dragon ▁T atto o , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁lead ▁character , ▁Lis b eth ▁Sal ander ▁rem embers ▁anything ▁she ▁reads , ▁indicating ▁she ▁has ▁total ▁recall ▁ability . ▁Another ▁example ▁is ▁in ▁Dan ▁Brown ' s ▁books ▁The ▁Da ▁V inci ▁Code ▁and ▁Ang els ▁& ▁Dem ons ,