Category: Amnesia

Causes and Effects of Dissociative Disorders: Analysis of Dissociative Amnesia Abstract There are three types of dissociative disorders dissociative amnesia, depersonalization-derealization disorder, and dissociative identity disorder, all three have similar symptoms of feeling disconnected from reality however each disorder has very complex problems that make the person suffering from it have trouble in everyday interactions…

Contribution of Brain Imaging to Memory Storage and Retrieval: Features and Neuroanatomy of Amnesia Contribution of brain imaging to memory storage and retrieval Loss of memory is referred to as Amnesia. People suffering with amnesia, also called amnestic syndrome usually remember information themselves but have trouble learning new information and forming new memories. Amnesia can…

The Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome and Retrograde Amnesia: Reflective Essay General Psychology Module Five Reflection Human behavior is often followed by a pleasant or unpleasant outcome. When behaviors are followed by a desirable outcome, the behaviors are likely to be repeated. When behaviors are followed by an unpleasant outcome, they are less likely to occur (King, 2019).…

Critical Analysis of the Factors that Determine the Success and Failure of Long-Term Memory Long-term memory (LTM) can be broadly defined as a store of information that is held indefinitely, with a near-limitless capacity (Cowan, 2008); this is estimated to be around 2.5 petabytes on average (Reber, 2010). LTM can be sub-divided into two main…

Essay on Trauma and Memory Loss As previously mentioned, collective memory is created through the process of communication, by using the individual memory of every member in a group. This is because, even if the same event is witnessed by a group, every member of that group may have a different recollection and memory of…

Case Study of Visual Memory Loss and Autobiographical Amnesia Abstract It is believed that various regions of the Medial Temporal Lobe (MTL) are majorly involved for the coordination activations in disparate parts of the cortex, and these activations help in the information representation for the Autobiographic Memories (AM). Hence, any type of physical damage to…

Case Studies of Human Patients with Amnesia in Understanding of Short- and Long-term Memory It goes without saying that the study of human memory has been well researched and studied for psychologists and neuroscientists for many years, needless to say, there have been several case studies with amnesic patients to help psychologists gain an insight…