Trauma on Memory To start Build up a

Trauma on Memory To start - Build up a picture of our understanding of the reliability of memory Learning Intentions: 1. Define what is meant by the terms ‘brain trauma’, ‘amnesia’, ‘anterograde’, and ‘Alzheimer’s Disease 2. Use a film to help describe anterograde amnesia 3. Apply knowledge of HM to explaining how brain surgery affects

Brain Trauma Brain trauma refers to any brain injury that impairs the normal functioning of the brain. Brain trauma can be acquired through various ways, for example…

Anterograde Amnesia What is amnesia? Can you explain what anterograde amnesia is based on the clip?

Anterograde Amnesia is any loss of memory that is inconsistent with normal forgetting. Anterograde amnesia is the inability to form or store new long-term memories. This is often found to be associated with damage to the medial temporal lobe area, particularly the hippocampus and connections between the medial temporal lobe and the frontal lobe

Anterograde Amnesia It is thought that anterograde amnesia does not effect the formation of new implicit memories, as sufferers can often learn new motor skills and conditioned responses. Short-term memory remains functioning, but there is a a problem with encoding and storage because of a disruption to consolidation.

Brain Surgery Remember HM? What happened to him? How might we be able to apply our knowledge of HM to understanding the reliability of memory?

Brain Surgery Each group are expert neurologists with a particular interest in different parts of the brain concerned with memory. You need to connect your knowledge of your particular brain structure to your understanding of HM to assist in the dissection of HM’s brain. 1. Hippocampus 2. Amygdala 3. Cerebral cortex 4. Cerebellum

Reflection Complete your table outlining the effects of brain surgery on memory processes. On Wednesday afternoon, we will be watching all of Momento and discussing the film in relation to anterograde amnesia.

3. 2. 1. Learning Intentions: Define what is meant by the terms ‘brain trauma’, ‘amnesia’, ‘anterograde’, and ‘Alzheimer’s Disease Use a film to help describe anterograde amnesia Apply knowledge of HM to explaining how brain surgery Success criteria: affects memory Participate in class discussion regarding Momento and memory Explain what happened to HM and work collaboratively to dissect HM’s brain to explain his memory loss. Complete effects of brain surgery on memory processes table