Patient P.N. endured amnesiac episode, after his grandfather passed away. During this four day period P.N. suffered from functional retrograde amnesia. He had impaired episodic memory, although he did have an accessible island of episodic memory. His loss of episodic memory which consisted of events before the onset of amnesia can be seen through the fact that he cannot remember his grandfather's death or funeral. The accessible island of episodic memory is form when he worked at a courier service, and the majority of his memories in the episodic cueing task come from this time. He also showed dramatic improvements when tested for episodic memory during and after his amnesia. He also cannot remember his name, address, or any other personal information. P.N. did have spared semantic memory, general knowledge of facts, rules, and concepts. This can be seen because he remembers the city of Toronto and local sports teams. Also when he took the famous faces test there was no significant......

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Title: Neuro
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