Memory loss - memory loss

...Memory enhancement occurs when past memories come to mind with abnormal intensity, and is seen in intelligent people, but can also occur transiently during fevers, dreams, epileptic seizures, drug poisoning, and attempted hanging. Memory decline occurs when past memories are difficult to recall, and is seen in the elderly and those with organic brain diseases, and memory disintegration follows TA Ribo's "retrograde law" in terms of time and content. Amnesia occurs when the lack of recollection is limited to a specific period or event, and is likely to occur after a disturbance in consciousness. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "memory decline" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…記憶増進は過去の記憶が異常な活発さで浮かんでくる場合で，知能優秀者に見られるほか，一過性には発熱時，夢，癲癇発作，薬物中毒，縊死未遂時などにもありうる。記憶減退は過去の記憶が想起困難な場合で，老人や脳器質疾患でみられ，記憶解体は時間的，内容的にT.A.リボの〈逆行律〉に従う。健忘は想起欠如が特定の期間または事柄に限定される場合で，意識障害の後に生じやすい。…

※「記憶減退」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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