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Encyclopedia Articles (5)

542 words, approx. 2 pages
Amnesia Amnesia refers to the loss of memory. Memory loss may result from damage to parts of the brain vital for memory storage, processing, or recall (the limbic system, including the hippocampus in ... Read more
2,113 words, approx. 8 pages
Amnesia, Functional Analyses of learning and memory increasingly attempt to take account of clinical and experimental research on victims of amnesia. Most of this literature has focused on pathologies... Read more
1,717 words, approx. 6 pages
Amnesia, Infantile Do you remember being born? Your first birthday party? Your first day of school? Despite the significance of these early experiences, most adults recall little or nothing about them... Read more
2,903 words, approx. 10 pages
Amnesia, Organic Organic amnesia is a neurological disorder characterized by a dense impairment of memory in the context of normal intelligence and other preserved mental abilities. Investigations of ... Read more
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Amnesia, Transient Global Transient global amnesia (TGA) is a benign neurological condition in which the prominent deficit is a temporary organic amnesic syndrome. The episode of TGA is stereotyped. I... Read more