Virus: A Short Story
I thought it was an interesting case. At first I thought he got into a car or physical accent that caused him to have memory loss, because that's more common. But when I find out it was a virus, I was shocked. It's not everyday you hear memory lost caused by a virus. It's quite scary how it happened suddenly.
Clive repeats himself a lot. He only thinks he's been awake for about two minutues. He only remembers he's been awake for the first time, and he thinks it's an important event. So he writes it down in his diary that he's been awake for the first time. When he looks back at his old writting he doesn't recorgnize he wrote those entries, even though he recorgnizes his hand writting. He also remembers his love for his wife. Each time she enters the room, it's as if he hasn't seen her in years, even though he's seen her early on. He remembers that he's married and that he's a conductor. …show more content…
Clive doesn't have episodic memory which means he doesn't remember shorts memories such as time, places and associated emotions. So it shows that his hippocampus was damaged. But he remembers long term memories such as his marriage, and the fact that he can still play music shows that his procedural memory is still
Clive repeats himself a lot. He only thinks he's been awake for about two minutues. He only remembers he's been awake for the first time, and he thinks it's an important event. So he writes it down in his diary that he's been awake for the first time. When he looks back at his old writting he doesn't recorgnize he wrote those entries, even though he recorgnizes his hand writting. He also remembers his love for his wife. Each time she enters the room, it's as if he hasn't seen her in years, even though he's seen her early on. He remembers that he's married and that he's a conductor. …show more content…
Clive doesn't have episodic memory which means he doesn't remember shorts memories such as time, places and associated emotions. So it shows that his hippocampus was damaged. But he remembers long term memories such as his marriage, and the fact that he can still play music shows that his procedural memory is still