Synthesis Essay Memory

​According to the British Museum, “growth can be attributed to two main factors: the support of the general population and royal patronage.” Introduced by merchants during the 6th century AD Buddhism had spread throughout Cambodia and to China during 50 AD. Another strong hold that allowed the religion of Buddhism to blossom was the conversion of Ashoka to Buddhism. By broadcasting his beliefs on inscribed stones and pillars Ashoka gave Buddhism the royal support it needed to thrive, he also sent Buddhist missionaries all over Asia making it as far as Syria. Eventually Buddhist philosophical schools began to rise and teach the religion, such as two prestigious schools in China, Hua-Yen and T’ien-t’ai.

Anterograde Amnesia is the inability to store new information after the brain damage has occurred. (Luke Mastin 2010). Anterograde Amnesia is very rare, in fact there have a few cases where the amnesia was "pure". The symptoms and hardship of the person depend on the cause for the memory loss. Some symptoms of Anterograde Amnesia are partial memory loss, having a hard time recognizing relatives or family, feeling of confusion, difficulty taking in new information, inability to remember familiar places, and difficulty in learning and remembering new things.(PHC Editorial Team 2013) Characteristics of Anterograde Amnesia are abnormally small hippocampi bilaterally and elevated hippocampal water.(Mayo Clinic 2014) There are many ways to recognize

Attribution amnesia (AA), is failing to remember the attended attribute of a target stimulus, even after recently using the attribute to perform a task (Chen and Wyble,2016). Attribute amnesia relates to a few different topics discussed previously in the course, such as, amnesia, selective attention, and consolidation. AA is failing to remember attributes therefore, loss of memories. The differences in AA and amnesia is amnesia is the loss of memories, which can be caused by damage to the brain. AA is selective in attending to attributes, which can lead to the loss of memories not being attended to. Then ties into selective attention, which is attending to one object and ignoring the others. There is a stronger connection

No treatment is needed for transient global amnesia. It resolves on its own and has no

H.M. was a patient who suffered from epileptic seizures. Doctors at the time found that removal of the medial temporal lobe from the hemisphere where the seizures originated could eliminate the epilepsy. Doctors could not identify the origin of the seizures, so they removed his medial temporal lobe bilaterally. As a consequence, H.M. developed amnesia; he could not form new memories for facts or events. This is known as anterograde amnesia. His prior memories were intact but any new information was immediately forgotten. He was also aware of his memory problems. Incidentally, his personality was unchanged and his IQ score actually increased, probably due to the ability to concentrate without the seizures interrupting. He could perform well

Losing one’s memory can be a mysterious affliction, and the causes can be quite complex. Severe memory loss is introduced in author Oliver Sacks’ collection of stories The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and lectures given by professor Jim Davies can help with understanding of some of the concepts introduced in the book. In chapter two, The Lost Mariner, the patient Jimmie is suffering from aspects of both retrograde and anterograde amnesia, which Davies explained as loss of memory of events or facts learned before an event (the event that caused the amnesia), and loss of ability to create new memories after the event, respectively. In more detail, and in relation to our book (here, the target example), retrograde amnesia would consist of any loss of memory that happened prior to an event, such as an injury or onset of disease in Jimmie’s case. Dr. Davies’ explanation of retrograde amnesia helps to understand Jimmie’s case, where in the year 1975 he is unable to recall any events after 1945. As well, the explanation of anterograde amnesia as including symptoms such as inability to form new memories, learn information or tasks, or to recall the recent past is useful when applied to Jimmie’s experience of not being able to recall events that happened even a few minutes prior. Jimmie’s suffering from both retro and anterograde amnesia, as explained by Sacks, results from Korsakov’s syndrome – a destruction of memory caused by alcoholic

MEMENTO REVIEW Anterograde amnesia, in its defination, means is the loss of the ability to create new memories, leading to a partial or complete inability to recall the recent past, even though long-term memories from before the event which caused the amnesia remain intact. Sufferers may therefore repeat comments or questions several times, for example, or fail to recognize people they met just minutes before (Mastin, 2010). Anterograde amnesia affects the brains learning parts and some researches shows that riding a bike is not forgetten but the human who have anterograde amnesia forgets when he or she learned the ride a bike. Anterograde amnesia can be permanent disorder or temporarily disoreder.

People suffer from different kinds of Amnesia. Amnesia makes a person lose memory. Gives the possibility of waking up the next day not being able to remember what you did the day before. Dementia is one of the serious cases. Dementia is a mental disorder in which severe forgetfulness, mental confusion, and mood swings are the primary symptoms.

Recurrent gaps in the recall of events, important personal information, and/or traumatic

One of the most famous case studies of amnesia in the history is HM who was suffering from epileptic seizures and had a surgery when he was only nine years old that removed 2/3 of his hippocampus, medial temporal lobes, parahippocampal gyrus and amygdala. The operation was successful in its primary goal of controlling his epilespsy but as a result of the operation he suffered from severe anterograde amnesia. After the operation, he could not commit new events to long-term memory. He could remember events from before the operation for the rest of his life. His working memory and procedural memory were intact. After the operation,

In the movie 50 First Dates one of the main characters suffers from the severe condition of anterograde amnesia. The movie is about Henry Roth who is a wildlife veterinarian in Hawaii, meeting Lucy Whitmore a woman who has a short-term memory loss from an auto accident a year earlier. Henry meets Lucy at a local cafe and takes her out on a date. Henry falls in love with Lucy, but there is one problem when she awakens in the morning, she can't remember him or anything that happened that day. Henry must devise a plan to meet Lucy everyday and try to get her to fall in love with him again and again.

Memory: multi-store, division, *amnesic patients, ways of distinguishing types of memory (KC, spiers maguire and burgess, vargha and khadem)

In Chapter 12 of The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, Mr. William Thompson suffered from an extreme case of Korsakov’s, also known as Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome (Sacks, 1985, p. 109). According to Anderson (2010), Korsakoff syndrome can cause serious damage to one’s hippocampus and temporal lobe due to habitual alcoholism, resulting in amnesia (p. 201). Similar to HM (Anderson, 2010, p. 200), Mr. Thompson suffered from anterograde amnesia and could remember nothing for more than a few brief moments (Sacks, p. 109). Anderson (2010) states that anterograde amnesia results in the incapability of creating new memories, leading to fractional or absolute inability to remember something that just happened (p. 201). Yet, one’s long-term memories before the incident remain intact; such as when Mr. Thompson recognized his younger brother, Bob, as he walked by the window (Sacks, 1985, p. 112-113). Mr. Thompson and HM both suffered from anterograde amnesia and could remember some long-term memories but not remember new ones, signifying that the neural makeup involved in making fresh memories are diverse from maintaining past memories (Anderson, 2010, p. 202).

In today’s Singaporean society, people are unwilling to take up the mantle of responsibility in providing aid to others who need it. Due to the fear of legal implications that arises from offering assistance, we choose to not take the initiative in lending a helping hand in most situations. In some cases, we hesitate to provide assistance because we assume that there will be others who are much more qualified to provide the assistance. In John. M. Darley and Bibb Latane’s research essay “

Prison punishment is the most comprehensive social control, regulation, and crime prevention tool (Mohseni, 2012). It is a more disciplinary institution compared to schools, workshops or military academies that always guaranty a kind of expertise and is all disciplinary with continuous action. This is because all aspects of the prisoner are considered when one is jailed, which includes their physical training, work ability, day to day behavior, interests and talents. This is why various disciplines are interested in studying this particular institution. While it is fascinating for some, as it attracts the interest of both the academe and the general public; it also repels, as it is deemed as a dangerous place for outsiders.