Transient memory loss for people.
A patient had transient memory loss for close family members. She could not even recognise their names as familiar. Her everyday memory was relatively preserved and she retained a clear recollection of the episode. Standard and sleep deprived EEG showed a mild abnormality of the left temporal lobe. Neuropsychological testing found evidence for a mild verbal memory impairment. The findings provide further evidence for the fractionation of transient forms of amnesia, support the dissociation of semantic/retrograde amnesia from episodic/anterograde amnesia, and offer evidence in favour of a left temporal lobe site for retrieval of past memories relating to the identification of people.
Wessex Neurological Centre, Southampton, UK.
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Kapur
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Katifi
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el-Zawawi
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Sedgwick
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Barker
D000328:Adult; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology