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Selective Amnesia

Memory Biases and Effects

Selective amnesia is a type of amnesia in which the sufferer loses only certain parts of their memory rather than their memory as a whole. Commonly forgotten elements include relationships, where the person lives, and particular special abilities or talents they once possessed.

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Type of Phenomenon
Cognitive Phenomenon 1
Core Claim
The sufferer loses only certain parts of their memory. 1
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1. Selective amnesia (Wikipedia)
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    Selective amnesia is a type of amnesia in which the sufferer loses only certain parts of their memory.
  • lead section, phenomenon-kind classification
    Selective amnesia is a type of amnesia in which the sufferer loses only certain parts of their memory.
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