What is amnesia?
The most common form of memory disorder involves difficulties in forming new memories. A severe example is anterograde amnesia, a rare condition which can result from brain injury or disease. Someone with anterograde amnesia will generally have good memory for the past, up until the time of the brain injury, but will have extreme difficulty remembering anything that has happened since then. Such a person may not be able to remember what he had for breakfast, what year it is, what he did yesterday, and so on. However, the person’s personality, intelligence and judgement may be unaffected. This type of memory disorder is devastating for patients and for their families. Often, individuals with anterograde amnesia have trouble holding a job — not because they are not capable of doing the work, but simply because they have trouble remembering from minute to minute what it is they are supposed to be doing. Currently, there is no known way to repair the brain damage which causes anterograde
