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Knowing About Amnesia | |
File name | Knowing About Amnesia |
File Description | Anterograde amnesia - the patient cannot remember new information. Things that happened recently, information that should be stored into short-term memory disappear. This is usually caused by brain trauma (brain damage from a blow to the head, for example). However, a patient with anterograde amnesia can remember data and events which happened before the injury. Traumatic amnesia is memory loss caused by a hard blow to the head. People who lose their memory as the result of a car accident may have traumatic amnesia. People with traumatic amnesia may experience a brief loss of consciousness, or even go into a coma. In the majority of cases the amnesia is temporary - how long it lasts usually depends on how severe the injury is. Sports scientists say that amnesia is an important indicator of concussion. |
Category Name | Psychology |
Subject Name | General Psychology |
Module Name | Learning |
Micro Category Name | Encoding causes of forgetting, amnesias |
Level | Bachleors |
File Type | PPT |
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