Wiki Headlines No Long Term Memory A character can't process
short term memory into long term memories Needs Examples
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media portrayals of amnesia tend to be focused on Retrograde
Amnesia (that is, loss of memories already in your brain) and
usually rather unrealistically at that. There is, however,
another form of amnesia called Anterograde amnesia, defined as
the inability to accumulate new memories. People who suffer from
this tend to be unable to remember new facts ("declarative
memory") but are still able to remember and perform basic tasks
("procedural memory").  One of the reasons Anterograde amnesia
isn't portrayed as often as Retrograde amnesia in media (aside
from the fact that it isn't as useful as a plot device) is that
the exact cause and nature is not well known, nor are the
symptoms very consistent from case to case. Causes range
(typically) from traumatic brain injury to drug ov