Amnesia refers to the loss of memories, such as facts, information and experiences. Though forgetting your identity is a common plot device in movies and television, that's not generally the case in real-life amnesia. Instead, people with amnesia — also called amnestic syndrome — usually know who they are.

What is amnesia example?

Amnesia is the loss of memories. These memories may be of events and experiences that happened in the past few seconds, in the past few days, or even in the distant past. You may also be unable to recall experiences after the event that caused your amnesia.

How do Amnesiacs remember?

The ability to learn new information is impaired in anterograde amnesia. The ability to remember past events and previously familiar information is impaired in retrograde amnesia. False memories may be either completely invented or consist of real memories misplaced in time, in a phenomenon known as confabulation.