MetaFilter posts tagged with Amnesia

"Just stick this in your crazy hole and we'll unlock the sanity!"

ShawnStruck — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:04:41 -0800

6 Mental Illness Myths Hollywood Wants You to Believe . A smart, funny take on some of the most common Hollywood movie tropes about mental illness.

A Mystery Man Awakes in Seattle

bz — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:37:29 -0800

A well-dressed man wakes up in a Seattle city park. He has $600 in his sock and no memory of who he is or how he got there. He is fluent in English, French and German and has an apparent deep knowledge of European cultural history. He seems to have traveled the world. And he says he is a widower. Doctors suspect he is not faking it but they don’t know how to help. Police are stumped as well. The man has provided a list of clues but nothing authorities are able to use to identify him. Within hours of his story going online, a reader in Shanghai, China recognizes him. At least, now, they know who he is but they still don’t know how he ended up in Seattle. The story is still unfolding and the stories in these links may change.

We'll remember you.

dmd — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 12:45:37 -0800

Henry G. Molaison, known to psychology and neurology students worldwide as "H.M.", dies. Previously.

Memory and Sleep

homunculus — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:55:42 -0800

Mapping Memory. "Turn the human brain upside down and all around to see how memories are saved (or lost)." National Geographic has a great interactive 3D map of the brain as part of an excellent feature on memory. The New York Times has a good article on the crucial role sleep plays in learning and memory. It's part of a special issue devoted to sleep. Via Neurophilosophy.

Music and Amnesia

homunculus — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:19:58 -0800

The Abyss. Oliver Sacks writes about Clive Wearing (recently discussed here). [Via MindHacks.] In other neuroscience and memory news, a new study has been published on Patient HM, marking fifty years of his participation in neuroscience research.

You haven't been eaten, until you've been eaten by a grue

Blazecock Pileon — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 01:02:20 -0800

Let's Tell a Story Together (A History of Interactive Fiction)

Dissociative fugue

homunculus — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 17:04:36 -0800

When a Brain Forgets Where Memory Is. Interesting article on dissociative fugue, the poorly understood memory disorder where people seem to forget who they are. [Via MindHacks.]

9:34 AM: Now I am superlatively, actually awake.

goodnewsfortheinsane — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 06:51:07 -0800

Life without memory (multi-part YouTube): the extraordinary case of Clive Wearing.

All Our Yesterdays

matteo — Sun, 23 Jan 2005 12:10:17 -0800

The Death of Yesterday Twenty years ago, an everyday virus destroyed Clive Wearing's brain. Now, all he can remember is music -- and his wife. Here, Deborah Wearing tells how their enduring love has become the one constant in a marriage without memory.

XQUZYPHYR — Tue, 27 Aug 2002 12:32:08 -0800

Man missing since 9/11 found. Missing for almost an entire year, give or take... well, actually take exactly 14 days... a 46-year-old schizophrenic amnesiac is found to have been resting in a hospital since the day he went missing in the general area of the World Trade Center. No one knows where he went, why he was there, and how he ended up in a hospital. Strangely, the mans' family's faith was so strong in his survival that they refused for an entire year to collect 9/11 compensation, or for that matter even obtain a death certificate. Umm.... wow?

o2b — Sat, 25 Aug 2001 07:40:43 -0800

Do you know me? "I am a white male, Caucasian, about five feet, nine inches. I weigh 150lbs. I have no visible marks on my body. I have no memory of any events prior to waking up in the hospital in November of 1999."

"Philip Staufen" has naturally dark brown hair and he has brown eyes. He doesn't have any tattoos, distinguishing marks, or scars. He is a Vegan and has a digestive disorder called Celiac.

"Philip Staufen" is living a nightmare.