What is amnesia?

Answer 1

Amnesia is a condition where memory is lost or one is unable to keep things in memory.

While most amnesia is partial or temporary, some long-term memory loss can persist. It is usually caused by injury or harm to portions of the brain (e.g. from impact, cranial operations, drugs, or alcohol). Traumatic psychological amnesia can occur when the conscious mind refuses to access painful memories.

Answer 2

Historical amnesia is a term used in the study of history, culture, and sociology, whereby people forget major events or trends, usually negative ones, and only selectively remember the past. There are examples on Facebook and the internet every day:

We lived in a age where there where no seat belts, no child seats required for kids up to age 8, no knee pads to roller skate, no helmets to ride a bike, we played outside all day and came home for dinner. We lived and thrived.

Sure, except for the people who died because they were thrown through a windshield when they had a car accident, or who injured themselves roller skating, or who have permanent brain damage because they fell off their bicycles and were not wearing a helmet. This person is remembering the benefits of a time gone by and has conveniently forgotten the drawbacks-- thus, historical amnesia.

Answer 3

Memory. It can be brought on by trauma, such as battle shock- explosions, terrorist actions, or more mundanely- Automobile accidents. It poses legal problems as the victim, when he or she recovers, cannot accurately answer how the accident happened- they might say- Okay, I owned a Green Triumph TR-3 it wound up in the junkyard and was impounded, I don"t remember any accident, etc. There you have it. This can also happen in traumatic crimes such as Rape and Child Abuse.

Answer 4

Answer 1:

it means to lose ones memory temporarily or permanently, due to brain damage or injury.

No, it means to remember, to recollect, not to forget

amnesis means forget

anamnesis means remember

Answer to:

"an-amnesia" is not a word- and inventing words to meanings that already have words is a redundant. If you take medical terminology you would know that mnesia means "memory, or remember," while a-mnesia means "not remembering."

Making up words to meanings that already have words creates a fall of babylon effect- the division of one language into multiple dialects, and later into a new language. Our species needs to do the opposite of such an effect.

Answer 5

Amnesia would most often be caused by senility, stroke, or brain injuries. It can also result from a traumatic incident that a person is not willing to remember, but that is much less likely.

Answer 6

An amnesiac is a person who suffers from amnesia.

Answer 7

Amnesia means you have memory problems.

Answer 8

Amnesia is where you lose your memory