After a major earthquake, television coverage showed survivors shuffling confusedly through the ruined buildings. If such victims later could not remember the days immediately after the earthquake, the victims would be suffering from what type of amnesia?

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Kyleigh Haley

3 July, 02:27

After a major earthquake, television coverage showed survivors shuffling confusedly through the ruined buildings. If such victims later could not remember the days immediately after the earthquake, the victims would be suffering from what type of amnesia?

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Abram Wiley · Answer 1

Localised Amnesia

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The tragic occurrence could have many negative effects on a human being, either physical, psychological or sociological. Localized Amnesia is the most common form of failure to recall events during a circumscribed period of time. There are several other associated amnesia that may also occur to victims like Systematised amnesia, Generalised amnesia and many more. localized amnesia is a temporary memory loss restricted to specific or isolated experiences. Also called circumscribed amnesia; lacunar amnesia.