Search results for " amnesia"
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Memoria
2022
L’ultimo romanzo della scrittrice statunitense di origini norvegesi Siri Hustvedt, Memories of the Future (Ricordi del futuro, 2019) propone alcuni casi di amnesia declinati secondo due modalità, individuale e collettiva, entrambe necessarie per far luce sulla teoria della memoria che l’autrice ha elaborato nei suoi saggi e romanzi. American writer Siri Hustvedt's latest novel, Memories of the Future (Memories of the Future, 2019) offers some cases of amnesia declined in two modes, individual and collective, both of which are necessary to shed light on the theory of memory that the author has elaborated in her essays and novels.
Memory function after resolution of post traumatic amnesia
2005
Primary objectives: The aims of this pilot study were (1) to examine neuropsychological, particularly memory functions immediately after post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) resolution according to the Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test (GOAT), and (2) to provide a preliminary exploration of pattern of performance on GOAT items across PTA duration. Methods and procedures: Thirty-seven head injured patients were administered the Recognition Memory Tests on the day that PTA resolved. Formal neuropsychological assessment was conducted on average 10 days after PTA resolution. Main outcomes and results: All the patients in the series showed memory impairment which varied in severity but was typicall…
Standardizzazione di tre nuovi test di memoria di riconoscimento verbale e non verbale: uno studio preliminare.
2010
Il lavoro presenta la costruzione e standardizzazione di una nuova batteria di test neuropsicologici per la valutazione della memoria di riconoscimento verbale e non verbale. La batteria è composta da tre subtest: parole, volti non familiari ed edifici sconosciuti. I test sono stati standardizzati su un campione italiano di 308 soggetti normali di entrambi i sessi, di età compresa tra 20 e 80 anni e scolarità da 5 a 19 anni. I punteggi ai tre test risultano normalmente distribuiti. Le tre prove risultano di difficoltà uguale e graduata e sono confrontabili tra loro. La batteria consente di differenziare sia deficit globali che selettivi.
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Associated to Long-term Dissociative Fugue: A Case Report
2009
Aims:Since the end of 19th century, mental health professionals have noticed that individuals who have experienced traumatic situations often present dissociative symptoms, such as amnesia or fugue states. Dissociation is a defensive mechanism that allows an individual to separate from conscience the psychological distress produced by the trauma. Our aim was to remark the association between Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and long-term dissociative disorders through the study of a clinical case.Method:A clinical case was followed and reviewed to illustrate this relationship.Results:Ten years ago, a 49-year-old man was diagnosed of PTSD after having witnessed several colleagues burnt …
HIPPOCAMPAL REVERSIBLE LESIONS IN A CASE OF TRANSIENT GLOBAL AMNESIA
2013
PURPOSE: We present a case of transient global amnesia (TGA) onset in a 52-year-old male with a medical history of migraine. METHODS: Patient was taken to ER by his colleagues which reported that after an emotional stress he suddenly appeared perplexed and started asking repetitive questions. In ER a neurological examination excluded other neurological signs or symptoms and it was confirmed that cognitive impairment was limited to the amnesia domain; electroencephalography was unremarkable and he had no history of epileptic seizures or head trauma. At the neurologic examination Capland and Hodges criteria were fulfilled and the diagnostic hypothesis of TGA was placed. He underwent to a brai…