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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.
Gaylen Ross/GRFilms Inc.
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
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.
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