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Traumatic amnesia

traumatic amnesia

The loss or disturbance of memory following an insult or injury to the brain of the type that accompanies a head injury, or excessive use of alcohol, or following the cessation of alcohol ingestion or other psychoactive drugs; or loss or disturbance of memory of the type seen in hysteria and other forms of dissociative disorders.


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Lynne, It's called traumatic amnesia. I don't know if it is psychological or physical. The duration of the traumatic amnesia (in relation ...

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by in_the_uk
Wed Apr 19, 2006 5:04 pm
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: memory
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