Premium
Widespread cognitive impairment in psychogenic anterograde amnesia
Author(s) -
KUMAR SANJAY,
RAO SHOBINI L.,
SUNNY BIJU,
GANGADHAR BANGALORE N.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01735.x
Subject(s) - anterograde amnesia , psychology , retrograde amnesia , psychogenic disease , amnesia , neuropsychology , cognition , cognitive neuropsychology , neuroscience , cognitive disorder , cognitive psychology , cognitive impairment , psychiatry
A 34‐year‐old man without a past history of any psychiatric or neurological disorder developed severe anterograde amnesia following a psychological trauma. Initial assessment of neuropsychological functions 3 months after the psychological trauma indicated severe memory deficits for acquiring new information in both verbal and visual modalities with widespread cognitive deficits in attention, executive functions, and intellectual ability. Importantly, working and remote memory were intact. The case illustrates that psychogenic anterograde amnesia might be associated with a wider range of cognitive deficits. Possible neurobiological explanations are discussed to explain large cognitive impairments associated with anterograde psychogenic amnesia.