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What is anterograde amnesia?

Anterograde amnesia is a form of amnesia where new events are not transferred to long-term memory, so the sufferer will not be able to remember anything that occurs after the onset of this type of amnesia for more than a few moments. Sufferers from "pure" anterograde amnesia will still be able to remember memories laid down before the onset of anterograde

amnesia, but will exist in a transient world where anything beyond their immediate attention-span disappears permanently from their consciousness. Someone with anterograde amnesia will generally have good memory for the past, up until the time of the brain injury, but will have extreme difficulty remembering anything that has happened since then. Such a person may not be able to remember what he had for breakfast, what year it is, what he did yesterday, and so on. However, the person's personality, intelligence and judgement may be unaffected. This type of memory disorder is devastating for patients and for their families. Often, individuals with anterograde amnesia have trouble holding a job -- not because they are not capable of doing the work, but simply because they have trouble remembering from minute to minute what it is they are supposed to be doing. Currently, there is no known way to repair the brain damage which causes anterograde amnesia. However, the use of memory aids (such as detailed daily schedules) and other methods can help these people cope with their memory disorder. Damage to the hippocampus, fornix, or mammillary bodies can result in anterograde amnesia, suggesting that they are involved in the process of laying down long-term memories.

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What is amnesia? - Amnesia is a profound memory loss which is usually caused either by physical injury to the brain or by the ingestion of a toxic substance which affects the brain.
What types of amnesia are there? - Types of amnesia inclue anterograde amnesia, retrograde amnesia, transient global amnesia, traumatic amnesia, wernike-Korsakoff's psychosis.
What is anterograde amnesia? - Anterograde amnesia is a form of amnesia where new events are not transferred to long-term memory. Anterograde amnesia is a deficit in learning subsequent to the onset of the disorder.
What's retrograde amnesia? - Retrograde amnesia is a form of amnesia where someone will be unable to recall events that occurred before the onset of amnesia.
What is dissociative amnesia? - Dissociative amnesia is characterized by a blocking out of critical personal information, usually of a traumatic or stressful nature.
What is infantile amnesia? - Infantile/childhood amnesia refers to a person's inability to recall events from early childhood. Infantile amnesia could be linked to language development.
What causes amnesia? - Amnesia has several root causes. Amnesia is usually caused either by physical injury to the brain or by the ingestion of a toxic substance which affects the brain.
What're the symptoms of amnesia? - People with amnesia have difficulty learning new information, and they have difficulty recalling previously learned information.
How is amnesia diagnosed? - In diagnosing amnesia and its cause, psychological exams may be ordered to determine the extent of amnesia and the memory system affected.
What is the treatment for amnesia? - Treatment of amnesia depends on the root cause of amnesia and is handled on an individual basis. Psychotherapy can be helpful for amnesia caused by emotional trauma.
How to prevent amnesia? - Amnesia is only preventable in so far as brain injury can be prevented or minimized. Brain infections should be treated swiftly and aggressively.
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