Anterograde amnesia is a type of memory loss that makes it difficult to form new memories. Brain damage or inflammation due to a head injury is often the cause of anterograde amnesia. Anterograde ...

The typical case is characterized by a sudden, complete inability to retain new information, lasting for several hours, in a middle-age or older person, with preservation of alertness and all other ...

Long dramatized in movies and novels, amnesia refers to a profound loss of memory that’s temporary, permanent, or progressive (gets worse over time). Depending on the type and cause of amnesia, the ...

A topic I have yet to cover in my posts about memory problems is memory loss, or amnesia. One of two criteria in diagnosing a concussion is memory loss. The other is the duration of time of lost ...