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and then you left the room for a few minutes, he would not know you upon your return and would introduce himself to you again. He also could not remember people he had met after his surgery.

would read the same magazine over and over, having no memory of ever reading it-it was always new to him. The brain damage caused by his surgery resulted in anterograde amnesia.

Many people with this form of amnesia are unable to form new episodic or semantic memories, but are still able to form new procedural memories (Bayley & Squire, 2002). This suggests that damage to the brain has resulted in the inability to transfer information from short-term to long-term memory that is, the inability to consolidate memories. The hippocampus is usually affected (McLeod, 2011). With anterograde amnesia, you cannot remember new information, although you can remember information and events that happened prior to your injury. Anterograde amnesia is commonly caused by brain trauma, such as a blow to the head. There are two common types of amnesia: anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia (Figure 1). The only exception is the experiences that, at any time, he has had in the last minute or two. His episodic amnesia covers his whole life, from birth to the present. The outstanding fact about K.C.’s mental make-up is his utter inability to remember any events, circumstances, or situations from his own life. suffered a traumatic head injury in a motorcycle accident and then had severe amnesia. Psychologist Tulving (2002) and his colleagues at the University of Toronto studied K. AmnesiaĪmnesia is the loss of long-term memory that occurs as the result of disease, physical trauma, or psychological trauma. There are several reasons why this happens. However, all of us have at times felt frustrated, and even embarrassed, when our memories have failed us. You may pride yourself on your amazing ability to remember the birthdates and ages of all of your friends and family members, or you may be able recall vivid details of your 5th birthday party at Chuck E.