Year: 2022
Type: article
Abstract: Amnesia is a large-scale and long-term memory loss. Complications of amnesia, including the inability to create new memories and learn new things, severely reduce the quality of an individual's life. In the last three centuries, many famous clinical studies, including the one involving Henry Molaison (H.M), have been completed, furthering our understanding of the brain’s memory system and amnesia. Especially, a variety of psychological and neurological causes of amnesia have been identified. Different treatments are available for different types of amnesia; however, due to the extensive causes of amnesia, finding a common cure has proven to be difficult. This review will focus on our current understanding of the memory system and history of amnesia as well as the types, causes, preventive measures, and potential treatment strategies of amnesia.
Source: Journal of Student Research
Authors: Ryan Zhang, Thomas Andl
Institution: University of Central Florida
Language: English
Topic: Memory and Neural Mechanisms
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4362014401