PSY372H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 18: Retrograde Amnesia, Electroconvulsive Therapy, Memory Consolidation
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Is a loss in the ability to access long-term memories that were previously available. Lost their past, don"t know who they are. Trauma to the brain that disrupts the consolidation of the ltm. One characteristics of the retrograded amnesia is the graded loss of memory, which more recent memories are more likely to be disrupted. In contrast, the older memories are more firmly established and difficult to be disrupted. Memory loss is greater as the age of the memory approaches the time of the incident. The older the memory, the more consolidated it is. Connection between the ebbinghaus and the ribot"s gradient: Ebbinghaus said the older the memory, the more consolidated it is. Much of that is lost in the retrograded amnesia is the autobiographical memory. They tend to loss the memory is the news, events . The more recent the memory the more likely to be lost. The memories close to the drama is permanently lost.
