In anterograde amnesia, the brain does not store new memories. In retrograde amnesia, the brain is unable to retrieve already stored memories. The kind of memory loss known as amnesia fits into two broad categories-retrograde and anterograde. In the months after her accident, Kazdin struggled to reclaim her pre-amnesia identity and rediscover what had given her satisfaction and joy. Kazdin plastered sticky notes throughout her home to keep track of daily activities like when to take her medication and to remind her of who she had been-a vegetarian, a cat owner, a writer. The only way she could be convinced that she had shared Thanksgiving dinner with her mother and sister earlier in the day was seeing the dirty dishes in the sink. When a boyfriend she had broken up with before her accident visited, she didn't recognize him or any of the photographs from their life together. She watched Dirty Rotten Scoundrels repeatedly, laughing each time as if she hadn't just seen the movie and couldn't remember that it had been one of her favorites. She could not recall much of her pre-injury life nor what she had done only a few moments before.Īfter Kazdin returned home, she kept telling a visiting friend that she needed to call her father, something she had just done three times in a row. Worse, she couldn't remember basic details of her life.Īt the hospital, she was told she had sustained a concussion that caused amnesia, wiping out both her long-term and short-term memory. When she regained consciousness, she was in an ambulance racing to a New Jersey hospital, dressed in a cheerleading outfit. The stunt went horribly wrong, and Kazdin crashed to the floor. It involved her being tossed into the air and caught by other actors. Partway through filming, the director ordered a stunt the cast was unprepared for. Illustration by Sergio MembrillasĬole Kazdin was a writer and performer in New York City in her twenties when she was playing a cheerleader in a TV pilot. Studying Amnesia Helps Researchers Understand Memory Examining cases of amnesia-the inability to retrieve or make memories-allows researchers to plumb the mysteries of memory. Brain Wonders, Research December 2020/January 2021
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