Chapter 10 Flashcards
Amnesia
Loss of memory due to brain injury or trauma.
Amusia
Loss of the ability to recognize or produce music.
Anomia
Inability to recall names or words.
Anterograde Amnesia
Inability to form new memories after an event.
Aphasia
Language disorder affecting speech or comprehension.
Apraxia
Difficulty with motor planning or movement.
Broca’s Aphasia
Speech production difficulty with comprehension intact.
Dissociative Amnesia
Memory loss caused by psychological factors.
Dissociative Fugue
Temporary loss of memory and identity.
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Presence of two or more identities.
Electroconvulsive Shock (ECS)
Inducing seizures to treat mental disorders.
Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
Shock therapy used to treat severe depression.
Fugue and Flight
Sudden, unplanned travel with memory loss.
Generalized Amnesia
Loss of memory for all events in a person’s life.
Korsakoff’s Syndrome
Memory loss caused by vitamin B1 deficiency.
Localized Amnesia
Memory loss for specific events or periods.
Memory Fugue
Temporary memory loss with confusion or wandering.
Organic Amnesia
Memory loss caused by physical damage to the brain.
Prosopagnosia
Inability to recognize faces.
Psychogenic Amnesia
Memory loss due to psychological causes.
Repression
Blocking out painful memories from conscious awareness.
Retrograde Amnesia
Loss of memories before an event or injury.
Ribot’s Gradient
More recent memories are lost first in retrograde amnesia.
Semantic Amnesia
Loss of memory for general knowledge and concepts.
Systematized Amnesia
Loss of memory for specific categories of information.
Transient Global Amnesia (TGA)
Temporary memory loss without brain damage.
Wernicke’s Aphasia
Impaired understanding and speech production, but fluent speech.
