Everyday Psych Life

Amnesia (  मेमोरी लॉस ) Amnesia refers to loss or impairment of memory. It may be caused by organic disorders, such as injury or loss of blood supply to the limbic system, or by nervous disorders such hysteria. Amnesia could also be total, with complete loss of recall; or partial, occurring only immediately before or after traumatic event; or systematic, relating to a particular type a group of experiences. Amnesia is a symptom rather than a disease and treatment is aimed at determining and removing the basic cause. Short-term and long-term memory We tend to talk of memory as though it were a distinct physical entity contained somewhere in our heads-a kind of scrapbook of mental pictures, or a videotape to be played back at will on a slightly quirky recorder. Memory nowhere near as tangible. It is a fundamental function built into the living brain. Brain tissue has the ability to change as messages pass within it. Its modification whether for long or short periods gives it the pow...