Short Term Memory Loss In The Film 'Remains Of The Day'

Short term memory loss is a common side effect due to brain injuries. Short term memory loss, otherwise known as amnesia, is a deficit in memory caused by brain damage, disease, or psychological trauma. It is the unusual forgetfulness of remembering new events or recalling experiences and memories. Its the capacity for holding a small amount of information in the mind. In the movie 50 First Dates and in the article Remains of the Day, Lucy and Claire both suffer from short term memory loss. There are two different types of memory loss, episodic and semantic. Episodic memory is the sensations of an experience, the sights, sounds and the feelings. Claire, in “Remains of the Day,” lacks this type of memory. It is the memory of autobiographical
So for example, if Claire was asked how old and when her first kiss was or when her friends birthday is, she would be unable to remember. Semantic memory, controversially, is a more structured record of facts, meanings, ideas and knowledge about the external world that we have possessed. For instance, if a person lacks their semantic memory, they would be unable to describe what a tree looks like, or who wrote a specific book. The lives of Lucy and Claire are both affected differently. Lucy has a type of memory loss that she isn't even aware of. Lucy wakes up every morning thinking that its her fathers birthday, which is the day she had gotten into the car accident that had damaged her brain. She doesn’t remember anything that happened after the accident, she doesn’t even remember being in the accident. Lucy is unable to recognize new faces, she can’t learn any new facts and remember them the next day, she was also unable