Amnesia

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= Definition: = A partial or complete loss of memory due to loss of consciousness, brain damage, or some psychological cause, p.189 Gen Psych Chapter 6 pp. 189-190 Infantile amnesia: The relative inability of older children and adults to recall events from the first few years of life, p. 193 Gen Psych Chapter 6 pp. 192-193

= Examples: = When a traumatic experience causes the memory to forget, like if you got hit by a bus you could have Amnesia (give one or more examples of the key term in place of the bracketed text above, then delete these instructions. Please do not delete instructions unless you are adding something to this section. If you don't know of any examples, leave this section unchanged for someone else to improve on. See Sample Page for a definition of example.)

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=In the News:= The Makings of Our Earliest Memories Like many other pediatricians, I do not wear a white coat. Many of us believe that babies and small children suffer from a special form of “white coat syndrome,” that mix of trepidation and anxiety that some adults experience — to the point of high blood pressure — in a medical setting. [] A Few Strokes of the Past in an Artist Who Lost Her Memory “Can I draw something for you — what should I draw?” Lonni Sue Johnson asked, but she didn’t wait for an answer. She drew a squiggly line that became a curly halo of hair around the cheerful face of a seated man stretching one leg upward, balancing a large bird on his foot. []

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