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amnesiaLoss or impairment of memory. As a clinical condition it may be caused by disease or injury to the brain, by some drugs, or by shock; in some cases it may be a symptom of an emotional disorder. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Neuroscientists have yet to determine what produces
consciousness, why we dream, or how amnesiacs can store information
without remembering it. An examination of the synaptic misfirings of aphasics, amnesiacs, and
Tourette's syndrome sufferers, The Man Who, which recently opened
at New York's Brooklyn Academy of Music, was inspired by The Man
Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1986), the widely read book by the
neurologist Dr. The use of
this "implicit memory' component now offers "some hope
for teaching amnesiacs complex, new knowledge,' psychologist Daniel
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