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Convergence dissociations |
A given memory system should differ clearly in various ways from other memory systems amnesia |
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Amnesia Convincing evidence that there are several long-term memory system comes from the studies of brain damage patients with amnesia |
Is loss of memory.
The memory can be either wholly or partially lost due to the extent of damage that was caused.
There are two main types of amnesia: retrograde amnesia and anterograde amnesia. |
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Amnesic patients are sometimes said to suffer from the "amnesic syndrome" consisting of the following features: |
Anterograde amnesia: A marked impairment in the ability to remember new information land after the onset of amnesia
Retrograde amnesia: problems in remembering events occurring prior to the onset of amnesia. |
Some remaining learning ability after the onset of amnesia
Only slightly impaired short-term memory on measures such as digit span (The ability to repeat back a random strings of digits). |
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Anterograde amnesia: |
reduced ability to remember information acquired after the onset of amnesia |
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