Self, memory, and imagining the future in a case of psychogenic amnesia.
We report a case of psychogenic amnesia and examine the relationships between autobiographical memory impairment, the self, and ability to imagine the future. Case study JH, a 60-year-old male, experienced a 6-year period of pervasive psychogenic amnesia covering all life events from childhood to the age of 53. JH was tested during his amnesic period and again following hypnotherapy and the recovery of his memories. JH's amnesia corresponded with deficits in self-knowledge and imagining the future. Results are discussed with reference to models of self and memory and processes involving remembering and imagining.
a Department of Psychology , Oxford Brookes University , Oxford , UK.
Clare J
CJ
Rathbone
Judi A
JA
Ellis
Ian
I
Baker
Chris R
CR
Butler
D000647:Amnesia / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007092:Imagination; D008297:Male; D061212:Memory, Episodic; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012649:Self Concept; D012660:Semantics
autobiographical memory; identity; imagining the future; psychogenic amnesia; self