Resources

These are some of the online resources which you can refer to for more information on Amnesia:

Web Sites:
Amnesia & Cognition Unit, University of Arizona:
http://www.u.arizona.edu/~pdavidso/amcog.html
Information about a group of researchers and their current studies on amnesia.

Medical News Today

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/

Gaylen Ross/GRFilms Inc.
http://www.grfilmsinc.com

Articles:

“Memorizing Her Lines Is Out of the Question,” by David Carr. (New York Times, Section 2, Late Edition (East Coast), October 9, 2005, p.2.)

Books:

Broken Memories: Case Studies in Memory Impairment,
edited by Ruth Campbell and Martin Conway (Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers Ltd., 1995).
This book contains a collection of case studies by various scientists, covering all kinds of memory disorders. This includes anterograde amnesia, a severe disruption in the ability to form new memories.

Memory: From Mind to Molecules,
by Larry Squire and Eric Kandel. (New York: Scientific American Library, 2000).
Larry Squire and Eric Kandel are two of the scientists at the forefront of memory research. They have produced a very readable book which explains some of the most important concepts of how memory works — including memory disorders such as amnesia.

Coping with Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, by Diane Roberts Stoler and Barbara Albers Hill. (Avery Penguin Putnam, 1998 (paperback), 284 pp., $14.95). This manual explains the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of brain-injured people and offers practical suggestions for coping with physical and emotional consequences of brain injuries.

Associations and Contact Information:

Brain Injury Association
105 N. Alfred Street
Alexandria VA 22314
800-444-6443
http://www.biausa.org

See the BIA’s series of seven brochures, “The Road to Rehabilitation,” available free by request or on the organization’s website.