Thabo is at the verge of divorcing his wife Sipho, who seems to have forgotten everything about their past. Sipho suffered a serious head injury recently and is behaving in a way that the husband describe as funny, not even remembering their wedding.
How can you explain Sipho's behaviour and help save her marriage?
I think that's amnesia hence Sipho behaves in such a manner. The only thing she could do is to settle down and try to find out what is happening to her. Therefore I suggest that she sleeps so that she refreshes her mind. The moment she wakes up she will behave normally and recall everything that has happened to her. She could even apologies if she had hurt her husband Thabo.
ReplyDeleteInteresting comment. Yes she has amnesia, but which type of amnesia since she remembers everything that happened after the head injury? Also which part of the brain could have been damaged to cause this amnesia?
ReplyDeletei think its anterograde amnesia and the damaged part of the brain is the association areas of the cerebral cortex.
DeleteAntero means after, Retro means before. So look at it again.
Deletei think its retrograde amnesia and the damaged part of the brain is the somatosensory association of the cerebral cortex.
ReplyDeleteIs there an area referred to as somatosensory association areas?
DeleteMemory is controlled by the limbic system , particulary the hippocampus and the association areas. The somatosensory area is separate from the association areas.
Yes it is retrograde amnesia, you got it
DeleteI suggest that the affected part of the brain is associated Area of the cortex.
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