A software developer is designing a specialized smartphone assistant app for individuals with brain injuries affecting the temporal lobes. These users can vividly recall personal events from their youth, such as family holidays and their first jobs. However, they cannot form memories of recent personal events, such as what they ate for breakfast or who called them this morning, and they struggle to learn new factual information, such as the names of new acquaintances or how to navigate new technology interfaces.
Describe three design features the developer could include in the assistant app to support these users, ensuring each feature directly addresses a different memory characteristic described above.
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