| Read below forum and write a reply to it: Memories are a very important factor in human life. We memorize how to do specific tasks, we memorize names and faces, and most importantly (in my opinion) we memorize experiences. In the case of Mr. Wearing, it was very interesting that he still retained the ability to play the piano. After watching the brief video I wanted to find the complete documentary and watch his story, it looked very interesting. It amazed me that he could be in the middle of conversation with his wife and completely forget the previous sentence she had just said to him. I did find it heart warming that he was able to at least remember his wife. Of course in true fashion of how I learn, I relate everything I learn to some type of movie, book or show I have seen or read and this week definitely brought me to one of my favorite movies, 50 First Dates. In the movie the main love interest has been in a car accident and has damaged her hippocampus, basically she has anterograde amnesia and can’t access new memories that her brain has made (Pinel, 2014). Within the movie in order to help her remember what had happened the previous day, she would watch a video that basically brought her “up to speed”, and each day, new moments where added to the video to help her with the coming day. I think that the hardest things for me to deal with if I were to have a 30 second memory would be taking care of myself everyday. How could you live alone and be able to survive? I understand that you do not need memory to just go about sitting around your home, but you could start a meal on the stove and forget you had turned it on; someone would have to live with you or at the very least check up on your well being during various parts of the day. I think the challenges of not being able to make new memories with my family would be the most difficult. I love reading new books and watching movies, not being able to relate to family and friends in experiences like that would be heartbreaking. I think a positive of having that severe of a case of amnesia would only be that each time I would remember something or someone (such as with Mr. Wearing) the excitement that came along with it would be a wonderful moment. |
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