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Amnesia doubt

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punk
punk Original post #1
Oct 10, 2007 at 12:51 PM
Hi
I always used to wonder as to how a person suffering from amnesia (long term) remember alphabets, spellings, pronunciation, speak, read and write.
Why & how does not amnesia affect these also.:confused:
infra_red_dude
infra_red_dude #2
Oct 10, 2007 at 1:15 PM
Because amnesia affects the factual memory. If I remember rite (what I'd read) there are two types of memories. Once is the long term memory which stores info about the language you speak, literature, vocabulary etc. and the other which stores facts like whats your name, where do you live, what are you etc. etc. Amnesia affects the latter.
praka123
praka123 #3
Oct 10, 2007 at 1:19 PM
there is this film gajhini(tamil) on this disease/which is now remaking in Hindi with Aamir Khan & Asin.
azzu
azzu #4
Oct 10, 2007 at 1:21 PM
PUNK : u seen EKTA's daily soaps
dont tell me NOT

yup i saw it PRAKAsh bro gajini not bad though
REMAKING it
amir , ASIN (ponds add girl :) )
and ZIYAAA tooo (NISHABD :D )
punk
punk #5
Oct 10, 2007 at 2:02 PM
infra_red_dude said:
Because amnesia affects the factual memory. If I remember rite (what I'd read) there are two types of memories. Once is the long term memory which stores info about the language you speak, literature, vocabulary etc. and the other which stores facts like whats your name, where do you live, what are you etc. etc. Amnesia affects the latter.
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O.K, but Y does amnesia affect only factual memory, or not affect long time memory. persons born and grown in a single place and home also do not remember these things. How does the brain store memory as long term and factual, b'cos a new born kid recognises thing around his home and his people before he learns to read, write etc, then y does'nt he forget these also.
infra_red_dude
infra_red_dude #6
Oct 10, 2007 at 2:27 PM
Well I'm no expert at WHY things happen but I seem to know the answer for WHAT is affected by amnesia. A person more qualified in the medical - neurosciences can answer your Qs.
eggman
eggman #7
Oct 10, 2007 at 4:11 PM
Ask Jason Bourne. He'll tell you.
Pathik
Pathik #9
Oct 10, 2007 at 5:43 PM
praka123 said:
there is this film gajhini(tamil) on this disease/which is now remaking in Hindi with Aamir Khan & Asin.
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Its a remake of Christopher Nolan's Memento... Awesome movie that was !
eggman
eggman #10
Oct 10, 2007 at 7:01 PM
The_Devil_Himself said:
Yea ask me.
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But u r not Jason Bourne!!!!!!!!!! :p
praka123
praka123 #11
Oct 10, 2007 at 7:03 PM
pathiks said:
Its a remake of Christopher Nolan's Memento... Awesome movie that was !
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thx.so everything is remake :oops: