Cognitive Psychology - University Course - Cognitive Psychology - More About Memory Pt2 - Amnesia

You've probably seen amnesia portrayed in the media, usually showing someone who can't remember their past or who they are. However, there are actually two main types of amnesia (sometimes overlapping in the same patient): sometimes a person can't remember old information, while other times a person can't form (some types of) new memories. This is a lecture video for a university course in Cognitive Psychology taught by Dr. Brian W. Stone. You may wish to play it at x1.25 speed. As with anything taught at the undergraduate level the information here may be simplified, and at higher levels of study there is more nuance to all of it.