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Don't know much about editing wikipedia nor do I have time to write up something but there has been a HUGE ommision in regards to the base rate for nontramatic amnesia.
Bellow are some of my notes on the subject ... you can work through them, find sources ect if you have the time


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Baselines: The standard rate of something in the population … normally when we are talking about baseline they had to go find tons of people
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Read & Lindsay (2000): looked for the base rates of what we are willing to call amnesia for nontramatic events,
There where 2 conditions, one was reminicance the other was the enhanced condition, the normal was just told to think about it, ask the other group to ask your family look at pictures go back to your school
This group was asked the same partial and complete amnesia
Partial amnesia question: “Was there ever a period of time when you remembered less about the event then you do now?”
Complete amnesia question: “Was there ever a period in which you had no memory of these events
procedure: recall events; one event picked for extended retrieval
first interview: questions about their current memory of events, plus;
Was there ever a period of time when you remembered less of the event than you do now?
Was there ever a period in which you had no memory of this event?
2 retrieval conditions for next 4 weeks: reminiscence vs.enhanced
Reminiscence: spend as much time as possible thinking of event and recalling as many details as possible
Enhanced: reminiscence instructions + ask your family look at pictures go back to your school
- final interview: same questions from 1st interview

Results: partial or complete amnesia for 21% of people felt they had amnesia under one of the two questions
Remincant: 35% (around)
Enhance Condition: 80% (around)

Conclusion: It was though that the baseline for a nontramatic life would be 0 but this was far from the case. It proved that recalling amnesia was not evidence for a traumatic experience. The more you where asked to work on recalling past events the more likely you where to report having amnesia. The questions asked where the exact same questions a psychologist would ask some one to see if they had amnesia <small><span class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:{{{1}}}|{{{1}}}]] ([[User talk:{{{1}}}|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/{{{1}}}|contribs]]) </span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned -->
:Don't know when this was added; with a pubmed, could be added I suppose. [[User:WLU|WLU]] ([[User talk:WLU|talk]]) 21:23, 23 June 2008 (UTC)

I wonder if I have a different form of amnesia not recognized. When I take nexium every day I often have missing events from my long term memories. But then after trying to recall those memories a few days later they come to me and get clearer and clearer. Its not like trying to recall a name because you instantly say "yes" if someone tells it to you. Its more like a Polaroid film developing over a days time. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/67.249.246.183|67.249.246.183]] ([[User talk:67.249.246.183|talk]]) 02:46, 7 February 2013 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

==Amnesia: How to cure it and films==
How is amnesia cured for real? Can it really be fixed like in films? By smashing the amnesia patient in the head with a baseball bat? In every movie that ive seen this is how its fixed. And im not just talking about Hollywood films but films from all over the world. Hopeful for a reply! <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/91.150.23.66|91.150.23.66]] ([[User talk:91.150.23.66|talk]]) 19:44, 2 March 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:it depends on each individual person, their age, their health etc. For some people it probably may be curable to some extent. For example, if someone is purported to have long term memory loss and you leave them stranded in a foreign country, say France, after a year or so they might become fluent or understand French language and culture. In this scenario they do not actually have amnesia (although it will probably not work for everyone though). --[[User:BrianJ34|BrianJ34]] ([[User talk:BrianJ34|talk]]) 08:17, 6 December 2014 (UTC)
:Who are lucky, can heal up totally. :) [[Special:Contributions/94.21.190.168|94.21.190.168]] ([[User talk:94.21.190.168|talk]]) 17:13, 17 October 2015 (UTC)

==A Certain Type of Amnesia?==
Is there a term for amnesia where a person has forgotten every that has occurred after a certain date in the past? (For example, let's say it's May 2011, but someone suddenly is under the believe that it's a February 04, 2008 and can't remember anything that's happened to them after February 04, 2008.) <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">—Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/206.53.80.140|206.53.80.140]] ([[User talk:206.53.80.140|talk]]) 02:56, 7 November 2010 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:UnsignedIP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->

==Link for blackout phenomenon==
I have added a link to the [[Effects of alcohol on memory]] page for the "blackout phenomenon" type of amnesia. It describes (at the molecular level) how alcohol induces memory loss. [[User:Yevangelina|Yevangelina]] ([[User talk:Yevangelina|talk]]) 00:17, 3 December 2011 (UTC)

== Merger proposal ==


As I understand it, 'amnesia' and 'memory loss' are sufficiently close in meaning that they do not merit separate articles. The article on [[Memory loss]] is very patchy and contains dubious information. I suggest redirecting [[Memory loss]] to this page ([[Amnesia]]) and incorporating any useful info from the former into the latter. I don't have time to do this myself just now but would be happy to help, or to do so when I have time. [[User:Neurotip|Neurotip]] ([[User talk:Neurotip|talk]]) 13:48, 10 June 2012 (UTC)
:These pages were merged by [[:User:Unreal7]].
::{{reply to|Unreal7|Neurotip}} Have these terms been verified as synonymous by any [[WP:identifying reliable sources|reliable published sources]]? [[User:Jarble|Jarble]] ([[User talk:Jarble|talk]]) 23:44, 30 March 2015 (UTC)

== Types Lists ==

The first bullet list appears to be copy-pasted at the bottom of the second list.
Repressed memory "...Formerly known as "Psychogenic Amnesia"." seems to conflict with the later element called Situation-Specific Amnesia, which links to the Psychogenic Amnesia article. Also, Repressed memory and Dissociative Fugue are both "formerly known as" stated in different ways. I don't know if that is an oversight or a way to introduce variety.
(this is a dynamic IP address) [[Special:Contributions/67.183.31.46|67.183.31.46]] ([[User talk:67.183.31.46|talk]]) 07:24, 26 July 2012 (UTC)

== Post-traumatic amnesia ==

This bullet under Types is listed as "Post-traumatic amnesia" but immediately uses the term "traumatic amnesia" instead. Is that the same thing? This is confusing. Either use the same term in both places or clearly explain they are alternate names for the same thing. If neither of these are correct please add some sort of explanation of what this is about. [[User:Gnuarm|Gnuarm]] ([[User talk:Gnuarm|talk]]) 02:21, 28 June 2017 (UTC)

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== In fiction ==

There should have a section on amnesia in fiction. The only reason most people know the word is that fictional characters develop (or fake, or joke about, etc.) amnesia so often. Also, the specific form of amnesia that occurs in fiction is almost invariably either global retrograde amnesia, or a dissociative fugue, both of which are incredibly rare in real life—possibly to the point that they wouldn't be notable enough to mention in an encyclopedia based only on actual occurrences, but they are immediately recognizable to almost everyone because of their prevalence in fiction.

The article once had an "in popular culture" section, which was [https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Amnesia&diff=341528283&oldid=336018082 removed in 2010] as part of a larger [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:%22In_popular_culture%22_content Wikipedia sweep of such sections]. I think in this case, it was a mistake. (Also, it was removed by an anon IP, with no edit comment, and no discussion here, so we can't even ask why it was done.) While many such sections were just indiscriminate lists of fancruft, this one was actually an encyclopedic discussion of the topic.

Of course it might need updating to 2018 standards, a bit of expansion (it probably relies too much on Jonathan Lethem's essay, and barely touches on video games—and without a source), etc. But I think it's still solid enough that restoring it and editing from there is a good step. --[[Special:Contributions/157.131.170.189|157.131.170.189]] ([[User talk:157.131.170.189|talk]]) 07:41, 30 November 2018 (UTC)


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== Clarifying the signs and symptoms of amnesia ==
== Clarifying the signs and symptoms of amnesia ==


I just added a couple of symptoms of amnesia. The previous information was decent, but not entirely clear about the common symptoms of amnesia. The resource that I used is one that I found and cited for the treatment section of this article: Services, Department of Health & Human. "Amnesia". www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
I just added a couple of symptoms of amnesia. The previous information was decent, but not entirely clear about the common symptoms of amnesia. The resource that I used is one that I found and cited for the treatment section of this article: Services, Department of Health & Human. "Amnesia". www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 3 December 2019.


[[User:Carys Bratt|Carys Bratt]] ([[User talk:Carys Bratt|talk]]) 10:48, 3 December 2019 (UTC)
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== Korsakoff's syndrome source ==

I was able to find a source that mentioned the types of amnesia that are associated with Korsakoff's syndrome. Within the source it also mentioned how there could be some connections with other forms of memory problems and how problems can occur within the medial temporal lobe and/or the frontal lobe. The source that I am using is: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3140893/

[[User:Carys Bratt|Carys Bratt]] ([[User talk:Carys Bratt|talk]]) 11:15, 3 December 2019 (UTC)

== Photo change ==

The first picture that opens the article is in another language. I believe it would be better if another picture was found for clarity.

What do you think? [[User:DaasWiki|DaasWiki]] ([[User talk:DaasWiki|talk]]) 07:38, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

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Added new information in Childhood Amnesia

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I added new information about Childhood Amnesia including how cultural could be different and the age at which most people cannot remember. I also added a new source: <Wang, Q., Conway, M., & Hou, Y. B. (2007). Infantile amnesia: A cross-cultural investigation. New research in cognitive sciences, 95-104.>

Carys Bratt (talk) 16:43, 24 October 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Additional information for treatment and dissociative amnesia

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I was able to find two more resources. First I added some more information concerning about the importance of treatment for amnesia and how if varies from the type of amnesia a person has as well as the treatment that is administered to them. The source I added was this one: Services, Department of Health & Human. "Amnesia". www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 3 December 2019. I was also able to see some interesting topics with dissociative amnesia that was not previously mentioned. Namely, I found a source mentioning that the effects are permanent as well as some of the difficulties one may have with organic amnesia. The source I used was this one: Bourget, Dominique, and Laurie Whitehurst. "Amnesia and crime." Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online 35.4 (2007): 469-480. Carys Bratt (talk) 09:02, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

More sources and information about source amnesia and semantic amnesia

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As I continued to do more research, I decided that there were a couple of sections that I felt needed just a bit more information as a summary. This was mostly due to the fact that it felt that the definition of certain types of amnesia felt incomplete with just one sentence describing them. So, I added at least one more sentence for the section on source amnesia and also semantic amnesia. The sources that I used are as follows: https://www.evl.uic.edu/sugimoto/memSrc.html. and "Semantic Variant Primary Progressive Aphasia". Memory and Aging Center. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

Carys Bratt (talk) 09:42, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Another citation and more detail for posthypnotic amnesia

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While I continued to find some resources for amnesia, I was interested in the concept of posthypnotic amnesia. I was able to find a study that was conducted in 2008. There appeared to be from interesting information regarding the ability to shape the way that adolescents were able to remember or forgot due to hypnosis. One of the possible results is due how selective amnesia could be due to hypnosis. I found it to be very interesting to see how there appeared to be some type of form of repression that occurred due to the hypnosis. Another reason I used this study as a source is because of the characteristics that were used to define what posthypnotic amnesia is can how it affects an individual. The source that I found was the following case study: Enea, Violeta, and Ion Dafinoiu. "Posthypnotic amnesia and autobiographical memory in adolescents." Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies 8.2 (2008): 201.

Carys Bratt (talk) 10:26, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Clarifying the signs and symptoms of amnesia

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I just added a couple of symptoms of amnesia. The previous information was decent, but not entirely clear about the common symptoms of amnesia. The resource that I used is one that I found and cited for the treatment section of this article: Services, Department of Health & Human. "Amnesia". www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 3 December 2019.

Carys Bratt (talk) 10:48, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Korsakoff's syndrome source

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I was able to find a source that mentioned the types of amnesia that are associated with Korsakoff's syndrome. Within the source it also mentioned how there could be some connections with other forms of memory problems and how problems can occur within the medial temporal lobe and/or the frontal lobe. The source that I am using is: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3140893/

Carys Bratt (talk) 11:15, 3 December 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Photo change

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The first picture that opens the article is in another language. I believe it would be better if another picture was found for clarity.

What do you think? DaasWiki (talk) 07:38, 27 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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