Forget Me Not ; Can't Remember Whatshisname? Memory Loss Can Affect Any of Us, As a Fascinating New Bbc Series Explains.
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John is 29 but he can't remember what he had for lunch or even what he was doing ten minutes ago. But he can name the entire England football squad, give thoughtful opinions about current events, or explain the convoluted plots of the sci-fi fantasy novels that he reads.
John, from Essex, suffers from developmental amnesia. He was born prematurely and suffered damage to the hippocampus, the area of the brain that deals with our short-term memory of events. So he lives his life in a perpetual present tense, with no awareness of what he has just done or what has happened around him.See the full content of this document
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Forget Me Not ; Can't Remember Whatshisname? Memory Loss Can Affect Any of Us, As a Fascinating New Bbc Series Explains.
Yet other areas of John's brain, which handle long-term memory, were not damaged. So if John repeats information often enough, it is stored by his long-term memory. And so, by dint of sheer hard work and careful note-taking, John can lead a relatively normal life.
On the other hand, James Kemp, from Stamford, Lincolnshire, is currently in training for the World Memo...See the full content of this document
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