RESUMO
A questionnaire is described and data are analyzed from 1000 young adults who retrospectively reported on features of memory lapses associated with head injury with loss of consciousness as it may have occurred in their lifetimes. It was found that 24% of the males and 16% of the females claimed a former head injury with loss of consciousness. Lengths of retrograde amnesia, post-traumatic amnesia, and the length of time that had passed since the head injury are shown to be related to each other.
Assuntos
Amnésia Retrógrada/psicologia , Amnésia/psicologia , Traumatismos Craniocerebrais/complicações , Adolescente , Adulto , Amnésia/etiologia , Amnésia Retrógrada/etiologia , Traumatismos Craniocerebrais/epidemiologia , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Estudos Retrospectivos , Estatística como Assunto , Fatores de TempoRESUMO
The literature provides little direction on how to overcome difficulties which some brain-damaged patients have in acquiring imagery mnemonics as a memory aid during the period of anterograde amnesia. For those interested in the therepeutic usefulness of imagery mediation, we provide a detailed account of the acquisition of some mnemonic skill in three brain-damaged patients who initially failed in using visual imagery mediators to recall words lists.
