anterograde amnesia
Can't form new
Anterograde amnesia is the inability to form new memories after the onset of amnesia, while memories from before remain intact.
A person with anterograde amnesia may remember their childhood clearly but forget a conversation from five minutes ago.
The condition often results from brain injury, stroke, or chronic alcohol abuse.
Contrast with retrograde amnesia, which erases memories from before the triggering event.
Memory formation region
- encodingConverting data to format
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- brain damageHarm to neural tissue
- lesionArea of pathological change
neuroplasticity · neurotransmitter · synapse · cerebral cortex · Korsakoff syndrome · anoxia · traumatic brain injury · stroke
Unconscious learned action storage
- working memoryTemporary cognitive holding space
- long-term memoryStored knowledge over time
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- retrievalAct of getting back
recall · recognition · retention · learning · acquisition · forgetting curve · memory trace · engram
Diminished function or capacity
- deficitAmount still owed
- dysfunctionAbnormal or unhealthy operation
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
- confabulationInvented memories believed true
confusion · inability · attention · awareness · repetition · perseveration · cognitive load · executive function
Regular everyday activities
- routineRegular sequence of actions
- journalRecord of daily events
- notesBrief written records
- photographsLight-captured images
reminders · getting lost · time perception · Memento · 50 First Dates
Identification of illness
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- therapyCurative mental treatment
treatment · case study · occupational therapy · memory aids · caregiver support · longitudinal · onset · etiology
hippocampus
Memory formation region
- encodingConverting data to format
- consolidationCombining into unified whole
- brain damageHarm to neural tissue
lesion · neuroplasticity · neurotransmitter · synapse · cerebral cortex · Korsakoff syndrome · anoxia · traumatic brain injury · stroke · thiamine deficiency
procedural memory
Unconscious learned action storage
- working memoryTemporary cognitive holding space
- long-term memoryStored knowledge over time
- storageSpace for keeping goods
retrieval · recall · recognition · retention · learning · acquisition · forgetting curve · memory trace · engram
impairment
Diminished function or capacity
- deficitAmount still owed
- dysfunctionAbnormal or unhealthy operation
- disorientationLoss of spatial awareness
confabulation · confusion · inability · attention · awareness · repetition · perseveration · cognitive load · executive function
daily life
Regular everyday activities
photographs · reminders · getting lost · time perception · Memento · 50 First Dates
diagnosis
Identification of illness
- assessmentFormal evaluation of worth
- prognosisPredicted disease course
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
therapy · treatment · case study · occupational therapy · memory aids · caregiver support · longitudinal · onset · etiology · symptom
- amnesiamemory loss, memory gaps, memory gap, Korsakoff syndrome, alcohol blackout
- Memory Lossforgetting, forgetfulness, memory loss, memory lapse, memory gaps
- memoryremember, forget, recall, memorize, recollect
- consciousness statesunconscious, conscious, awake, alert, sleep
- Brain InjuriesTBI, concussion, brain trauma, brain damage, traumatic brain injury
retrograde amnesia, amnesia, retrograde, amnesiac, amnesic, amnesias