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Thursday, 12 April 2007

50 first dates.

ever watch this show played by drew barrymore and adam sandler? the lead actress had a short term memory loss condition where she forgot stuff that happened just the previous day?

well. that fictitious problem was created for the movie and called goldfield syndrome. in fact, true anterograde amnesia affects either short-term memory, which can last minutes or seconds, or intermediate-term memory, which can last days or weeks. Falling asleep has nothing to do with the condition, and sleep actually intensifies many chemical effects which help memory.

i just found out today that there is, in reality, really such a condition! its called korsakoff's syndrome but the difference is this syndrome is not as selective as portrayed in the movie. the person is unable to recall anything for more than a few seconds, including who he was! scary...

note to self: read more on this condition and others in the man who mistook his wife for a hat by oliver sacks.

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Have you seen the movie Memento? Definitely a great view into that type of memory loss.

By  Anonymous, at 27 April 2007 at 12:02  

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