As a result of her fatal car crash she is physically unable to form new long term episodic memories despite still containing her long term memories experienced before the car crash such as her family members and the destination of her breakfast restaurant. An episodic memory is an autobiographical event that can be recalled from the memory. Some symptoms for people who suffer from Anterograde amnesia is repeating questions, being unable to recognize people they have just met and confusion all which Lucy shows in the movie. The Hippo campus, a small region located in the middle of the brain forms part of the limbic system and deals with the formation of long term memories. This part of the brain appears to be involved with Lucy’s memory loss and extremely damaged as she is unable to transfer any new information into her long term memory. Clive Wearing may be one of the most famous cases who suffers from chronic anterograde and retrograde amnesia when he contracted Herpesviral encephalitis, a viral infection that attacked his central nervous system. His condition is one of the most severe cases ever recorded as he is has a memory span that only last a couple of seconds. In addition to his inability to form new memories, Clive has retrograde amnesia, a deletion of his entire past except his wife Deborah the only person he
As a result of her fatal car crash she is physically unable to form new long term episodic memories despite still containing her long term memories experienced before the car crash such as her family members and the destination of her breakfast restaurant. An episodic memory is an autobiographical event that can be recalled from the memory. Some symptoms for people who suffer from Anterograde amnesia is repeating questions, being unable to recognize people they have just met and confusion all which Lucy shows in the movie. The Hippo campus, a small region located in the middle of the brain forms part of the limbic system and deals with the formation of long term memories. This part of the brain appears to be involved with Lucy’s memory loss and extremely damaged as she is unable to transfer any new information into her long term memory. Clive Wearing may be one of the most famous cases who suffers from chronic anterograde and retrograde amnesia when he contracted Herpesviral encephalitis, a viral infection that attacked his central nervous system. His condition is one of the most severe cases ever recorded as he is has a memory span that only last a couple of seconds. In addition to his inability to form new memories, Clive has retrograde amnesia, a deletion of his entire past except his wife Deborah the only person he