tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432946665201843663.post6928462830774840599..comments2023-11-05T03:34:06.004-08:00Comments on Narrative Neuropsychology: Living in the Cracks of MemoryEBJhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01926427028842359306noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3432946665201843663.post-64686414726746843742007-10-14T23:53:00.000-07:002007-10-14T23:53:00.000-07:00I defiantly see what Hillary is saying about the i...I defiantly see what Hillary is saying about the imposing effects of amnesia on a person. You see in the Hazel’s case that see does not have the ability to perform physical tasks or the ability to make important life decisions. She has trouble walking up the stairs, reading, and even more grave she cannot continue her carrier or know for certain whether she should commit the rest of her life to Jonathan. In the case of Skloot, he also cannot perform the level of intellectual duties his life pre-virus required him to do. It is a sad story when one knows, or has an inkling, that they are neurologically blocked from living up to their potential. Thank goodness Skoolt’s mother was in totally lost in her disorder and had no concept of who she was.<BR/><BR/>Supplementing the Skloot and Livesey with chapter 7 of LeDoux even more enforced this idea of loss in ones self, with the specific focus of cognition and working memory. However, his arguments pertain to consciousness left me a bit puzzled. Towards the end of the chapter he explains that consciousness is obtained through healthy functioning of working memory, as well as episodic and semantic memory. I gathered from LeDoux that the basic sensory inputs travel to the prefrontal cortex and with in the complexly laced networking of the prefrontal cortex the brain connects working memory with all the other forms of memory, resulting in a conscious consideration of the stimulus. Does that then mean those suffering from various forms of amnesia are not fully conscious? Hazel and Skloot describe feeling confused and in a shadow of memory but I would argue that they are still conscious of themselves. They have some idea of who they are and have gut reactions to stimuli. For instance during periods Hazel’s more acute amnesia she is implicitly conscious she does not love Jonathan, however she is not explicitly aware that her true love. I recognize her tale is fictional, yet my question I think is still relevant.maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05157513574540623599noreply@blogger.com