Marie O’Riordan

From a young age, Marie O'Riordan's extraordinary talents were unmistakable. Her family noticed her exceptional problem-solving abilities when she was a mere ten months old. As a preschooler, she demonstrated a remarkable photographic memory, effortlessly memorising vast collections of adult and children's encyclopedia sets, telephone books, the golden pages, car number plates, general knowledge quizzes, and movie trivia. A renowned professor from a leading School of Medicine was particularly interested in Marie's capabilities and was amazed by her innate talents. The professor characterised Marie as possessing "massive Savant skills. I have never met anyone as talented as her before. The IQ is extremely high." He suggested that she should have enrolled in a university programme for gifted children at five instead of attending primary school.

As Marie grew older, she grew weary of constantly being subjected to extreme memory challenges, which she invariably won. Disliking the feeling of having her abilities showcased, Marie withdrew from participating in public memory contests. However, she still occasionally demonstrates her extraordinary memory skills privately to medical researchers at prestigious universities. Her exceptional abilities have significantly contributed to advancing research in Cognitive Psychology, Neuroscience, and Memory Disorders.