Pros And Cons Of Retrograde Amnesia

Anterograde Amnesia is the inability to store new information after the brain damage has occurred. (Luke Mastin 2010). Anterograde Amnesia is very rare, in fact there have a few cases where the amnesia was "pure". The symptoms and hardship of the person depend on the cause for the memory loss. Some symptoms of Anterograde Amnesia are partial memory loss, having a hard time recognizing relatives or family, feeling of confusion, difficulty taking in new information, inability to remember familiar places, and difficulty in learning and remembering new things.(PHC Editorial Team 2013) Characteristics of Anterograde Amnesia are abnormally small hippocampi bilaterally and elevated hippocampal water.(Mayo Clinic 2014) There are many ways to recognize

There are two main dimensions of amnesias. The first cause is physical or psychological; the second proceeds or follows a traumatic event. Most amnesia is a result either from organic or neurological causes (damage to the brain through physical injury, neurological disease or the use of certain drugs), The seriousness of the amnesia depends on the areas in which the brain is damaged. The second dimension is the dichotomy between forgetting the past versus an inability to form new memories. Terry, W. Scott. Learning and memory: basic principles, processes, and procedures. Boston, MA: Pearson, 2009. Print. Retrograde amnesia is not being able to remember events before the disorder. The amount of time that can't remember depends on the severity. Anterograde amnesia is the inability to form new memories, it is usually caused by severe brain trauma.

As we age, moments of forgetfulness are sure to become more common. The good news is that this is common and nothing to be worried about. Forgetfulness is not memory loss.

It is apparent that patient H.M.’s memory has not been affected by any general intellectual loss. H.M has severe anterograde amnesia, but surprisingly has spared implicit memory. Implicit memory is a type of memory in which past experiences aid the presentation of a task without mindful awareness of the experiences. There have been many tests conducted on the patient to test this spared memory.

When people think of memory repression, people think of child sexual abuse scandals, parental abuse, traumatic injuries, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Memory repression is thought by some to be a defense mechanism of the brain in the event of extreme distress. The memory of the event is pushed back into the corners of the unconscious, and is only recovered after a long period of time has passed. According to the American Psychological Association, both memory researchers and clinicians who work with trauma victims agree that memory can be forgotten and then remembered, and a ‘memory’ can be suggested and remembered as true (APA, n.d.). However, some believe this is not the case. Instead, they believe that these repressed memories are the result of over-eager therapists planting ideas in their clients’ heads. In a recent study, Harrsion Pope tried to find a case of memory repression in works of fiction and nonfiction prior to 1800, and didn’t find any cases which matched their definition of a repressed memory. They concluded from this that “the phenomenon is not a natural neurological function, but rather a ‘culture-bound’ syndrome rooted in the nineteenth century” (Pettus, 2008). Memory repression is an extremely controversial subject in the field of psychology. Further research into this topic could lead to better treatments for patients

This form of amnesia does not affect the ability to recognize familiar people or remember one’s own name. However, it does not make its occurrence any less unnerving. Fortunately, it is a rare condition that does not appear to cause any significant harm and is unlikely to recur. Transient global amnesia does not last very long, and memory returns to normal afterwards.

Amnesia can occur depending on the type and on the cause of amnesia. When the brain is injured, it can interfere with memories because it damages the brain structure that forms the limbic which is what controls the emotions and memories.This can affect many lives because the person could forget a distant relative to a family member as well as it might cause mood swings from being depressed into angry. There is amnesia called neurological amnesia. Neurological amnesia is when the brain gets damaged somehow and what will happen is memory's might get erased or lost. Neurological amnesia can be caused through stroke, seizures, lack of oxygen through the brain like heart attack and long term alcohol drinking. Another type of amnesia is dissociative

This paper explores two published journals that report on results from research conducted on human brain. The first journal, Parkin, Alan J (Parkin,1996) suggests that brain-damaged patients such as amnesia are related to the hippocampus and also existing memories. The second journal from Deborah E. Hannula (Hannula, Tranel, Cohen, 2006) suggests that hippocampal amnesia results in both short-term and long-term memory. Together, these findings suggest that hippocampal damage can affect the memory.

First-year university students are prone to stressful environments. Being away from home for the first time would often elicit negative feelings, especially loneliness and sadness. But what happens when one’s mood is consistently negative? According to the DSM-5, symptoms of clinical depression include feeling sad, or hopeless, having diminished pleasure, and having feelings of worthlessness and guilt, nearly everyday for at least 2 weeks. In simpler words, depression is a constant experience of negative emotion. This mindset would bias personal experiences, in particular, autobiographical memory. This essay will explore how the negative mood disorder, depression affects autographical memory and the role it plays. The topic was inspired

One article journal about repressed memory can be found in Camille Fletcher. (2003). Repressed Memories: Do Triggering Methods Contribute to Witness Testimony Reliability? The article was divided into 5 main sections: the first section was about the issues related to repressed memories in legal settings; the second section was cases of memory retrieval through different methods and how its difference affected the issues of reliability in general or in court settings; the third section was analyzing 2 ways of memory retrieval that through therapy or “through spontaneous resurfacing”; section four was some ideas to increase “value or evidentiary weight of spontaneously recovered memories, as opposed to memories retrieved through therapy”; the final section was the conclusion.

Losing one’s memory can be a mysterious affliction, and the causes can be quite complex. Severe memory loss is introduced in author Oliver Sacks’ collection of stories The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and lectures given by professor Jim Davies can help with understanding of some of the concepts introduced in the book. In chapter two, The Lost Mariner, the patient Jimmie is suffering from aspects of both retrograde and anterograde amnesia, which Davies explained as loss of memory of events or facts learned before an event (the event that caused the amnesia), and loss of ability to create new memories after the event, respectively. In more detail, and in relation to our book (here, the target example), retrograde amnesia would consist of any loss of memory that happened prior to an event, such as an injury or onset of disease in Jimmie’s case. Dr. Davies’ explanation of retrograde amnesia helps to understand Jimmie’s case, where in the year 1975 he is unable to recall any events after 1945. As well, the explanation of anterograde amnesia as including symptoms such as inability to form new memories, learn information or tasks, or to recall the recent past is useful when applied to Jimmie’s experience of not being able to recall events that happened even a few minutes prior. Jimmie’s suffering from both retro and anterograde amnesia, as explained by Sacks, results from Korsakov’s syndrome – a destruction of memory caused by alcoholic

Amnesia is referred to as memory loss. Memory loss may result from bilateral damage to the brain parts that deal with memory storage, processing, and recall. Amnesia has many root causes and most of them are traced back to physical trauma, disease, infection, drug and alcohol abuse or reduced blood flow to the brain. There are many types of amnesia. There is Anterograde, Retrograde, and Transient global amnesia. They are varying in severity of the cases and they all are not to be trifled with. The three kinds of Amnesia all differentiate in times the victims can remember the things they experience things. Memory loss can be especially hard on the victim and their families. It can have traumatic experiences even to the people closest to them and it just causes ripples through everyone and people who affect them. The diagnosis of amnesia is based on several factors. During the physical examination, the doctor inquiries about recent

Do you think you have a good memory? If you are in agreeance with the majority of society your answer should be yes; you can remember your name, what you ate for breakfast this morning, where you live, what car you drive, and basically all the things that are essential to living out your everyday life. Memory is a necessary function of the human mind that we use and rely on throughout our lives. It is what allows us to learn from our past so we can better pursue our future. Everything that we have ever thought, done, or said, molds us into the people we are today, and without memory, we would essentially forget the things that make us who we are. Think about it, you could not be the person you are today if you could not remember the experiences

Simcock and Hayne (2002) are interested in determining factors that cause childhood amnesia. More specifically, they wanted to know if a relationship exists between language acquisition and the offset childhood amnesia. They posed the question: can children translate preverbal memories into language once they develop adequate language to do so?

Advancing age is commonly associated with loss of memory. The inability to maintain both short term and long term memory is serious. Learning new things or remembering familiar words and names can be quite daunting.