PSYC 3330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Bene Gesserit, Amyloid, Mammillary Body

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04/07/2016 lecture 32: amnesia and other impairments (lecture 19 slides) Testing for retrograde amnesia: aski(cid:374)g (cid:395)uestio(cid:374)s a(cid:271)out a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s past, provide the date, names of relatives, jobs worked, famous faces test, single season television programs. Controlled induction of retrograde amnesia: electroconvulsive therapy (ect, often used to treat severe depression, retrograde amnecia for several months, electroconvulsive shock (ecs, often used with animals, retrograde amnesia is regularly introduced. If they ask after a delay, information cannot be remembered consolidation. Bj playing pool resulted in cue up nose damaging these parts leading to amnesia: ko(cid:396)sakoff"s s(cid:455)(cid:374)d(cid:396)o(cid:373)e, often talked about as a symptom. Loss of control of thought tendency to confabulate. Language abilities almost completely gone: may not recognize spouse, children, or self in a mirror, delusions and hallucinations, bizarre behaviour, such as hoarding occurs, end stages of ad, clear signs of neurological dysfunction (ex. seizures, incontinence) Infantile reflexes re-emerge: memory deficits, stm smaller recency effects.

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