Physiological Psychology, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany.
Lancet. 2012 Oct 20;380(9851):1429-40. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61304-4. Epub 2012 Apr 13.
Memory disturbances frequently occur after brain damage, but can be associated with psychiatric illnesses as well. Amnesia--the most severe form of memory impairment--has several variants, including anterograde and retrograde amnesia, material-specific and modality-specific amnesia, and transient global amnesia. We searched databases to obtain an overview of amnesia research from the past 5 years. Research into amnesia has increased exponentially, probably because of the availability of modern brain-imaging techniques. In line with the view that memory is not a unity but is organised into several systems, amnesia is described as a multifaceted disease with a frequently poor prognosis.
记忆障碍在脑损伤后经常发生，但也可能与精神疾病有关。遗忘症是最严重的记忆障碍形式，有几种变体，包括顺行性遗忘症和逆行性遗忘症、材料特异性和模态特异性遗忘症以及短暂性全面遗忘症。我们搜索了数据库，以获得过去 5 年遗忘症研究的概述。遗忘症的研究呈指数级增长，这可能是由于现代脑成像技术的出现。与记忆不是一个整体，而是组织成几个系统的观点一致，遗忘症被描述为一种多方面的疾病，预后通常较差。
