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  2. Amnesia - Wikipedia

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    In the case of LSJ, her case shows that retrograde amnesia can affect many different parts of knowledge. LSJ was not able to remember things from her child or adult life. She was not able to remember things that most people pick up in everyday life such as logos or the names of common songs. [14] Post-traumatic amnesia is generally due to a ...

  3. Childhood amnesia - Wikipedia

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    Childhood amnesia, also called infantile amnesia, is the inability of most adults to retrieve episodic memories (memories of situations or events) before the age of three to four years. It may also refer to the scarcity or fragmentation of memories recollected from early childhood, particularly occurring between the ages of 3 and 6.

  4. Memory disorder - Wikipedia

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    Amnesia is an abnormal mental state in which memory and learning are affected out of all proportion to other cognitive functions in an otherwise alert and responsive patient. [5] There are two forms of amnesia: Anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia, that show hippocampal or medial temporal lobe damage.

  5. Hyperthymesia - Wikipedia

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    People with hyperthymesia also have difficulties letting go of difficult events or traumatic memories, which can stay with them for life. Joey DeGrandis, who was featured in the magazine Time said, "I do tend to dwell on things longer than the average person, and when something painful does happen, like a break-up or the loss of a family member ...

  6. Retrograde amnesia - Wikipedia

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    In extreme cases, individuals may completely forget who they are. Generally, this is a more severe type of amnesia known as global, or generalized amnesia. [12] However, memory loss can also be selective or categorical, manifested by a person's inability to remember events related to a specific incident or topic.

  7. Anterograde amnesia - Wikipedia

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    This is why after a stroke people have a chance of developing cognitive deficits that result in anterograde amnesia, since strokes can involve the temporal lobe in the temporal cortex, and the temporal cortex houses the hippocampus. Anterograde amnesia can be the first clinical sign that Alzheimer's disease is developing within the brain ...

  8. I Tried This Psychologist-Approved Memory Hack and It Helped ...

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    Create a mental image to remember names: This is a tip I remember from a looong time ago, when a family friend gave my brother and me tickets to a popular children's TV show, Wonderama.

  9. Recall (memory) - Wikipedia

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    Focal retrograde amnesia (FRA), sometimes known as functional amnesia, refers to the presence of retrograde amnesia while knowledge acquisition remains intact (no anterograde amnesia). Memory for how to use objects and perform skills ( implicit memory ) may remain intact while specific knowledge of personal events or previously learned facts ...