Amnesia

"Amnesia." The Gale Encyclopedia of Science. Ed. K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner. 4th ed. Detroit: Gale, 2008. Gale Student Resources In Context. Web. 24 Sept. 2010.

• Amnesia is a severe threat

• Amnesia can affect anyone

• Amnesia can occur at any age

• Amnesia is a disorder that involves total or partial loss of memory and it is usually caused by trauma.

• global or generalized amneisa is when the person forgets their identity: they forget who they are.

• in global or generalized amniesia, the person forgets who they are but the display no loss of general knowledge.

• Amnesia can be caused by trama. That’s called organic amnesia

• Head injuries, brain lesions, stroke, substance abuse, carbon monoxide poising, malnutrition, surgery and infections can cause organic amnesia.

• Their memory is antograde: evens after the trauma are forgotten.

•  they can remember distant pas well but not the immediate(what happened to naiomi)

• Amnesia can cause stress, economic hardship, and emotional distress.

• Amnesia causes no physical problems