Cause can range from brain damage, disease, or psychological trauma. It can also be caused temporarily by use of sedatives and drugs. The memory can either be partially lost or fully lost depending on the extent of the damage that was done. There are two main types of amnesia. Retrograde amnesia and anterograde amnesia. In the case of Lucy she suffered from anterograde amnesia. Retrograde amnesia is the inability to retrieve information that was taken in before a particular date, most of the time the date of the accident or operation. Anterograde is the inability to transfer memory from the short term to the long term. People with this cannot remember things for long periods of time. These two are not mutually exclusive and both can occur in a patient at the same
Cause can range from brain damage, disease, or psychological trauma. It can also be caused temporarily by use of sedatives and drugs. The memory can either be partially lost or fully lost depending on the extent of the damage that was done. There are two main types of amnesia. Retrograde amnesia and anterograde amnesia. In the case of Lucy she suffered from anterograde amnesia. Retrograde amnesia is the inability to retrieve information that was taken in before a particular date, most of the time the date of the accident or operation. Anterograde is the inability to transfer memory from the short term to the long term. People with this cannot remember things for long periods of time. These two are not mutually exclusive and both can occur in a patient at the same