11/23/2023 0 Comments Amnesiac movie nudity![]() Procedural memories or memories of how to perform particular actions (e.g., tying your shoes) are typically preserved in patients with KS (Kopelman et al., 2009).Īlthough KS symptomatology was accurately introduced in the beginning, it is not consistently maintained throughout the film. Additionally, Mario displays the preserved procedural memory of knowing how to fight (27:33). Mario’s intellectual ability is generally intact (14:00) except that he is unable to acquire new memories once distracted (anterograde amnesia)(8:17, 9:48). In KS patients, memory for the distant past is relatively spared compared with memory for the more recent past (e.g., the years immediately preceding the onset of illness)(Race & Verfaellie, 2012). Mario can recall as far back as his childhood with vivid details (10:59) but his memories stop three years prior to the onset of his KS (retrograde amnesia)(12:43). Mario’s amnesia patterns are also consistent with a KS diagnosis. It is characterized by among other symptoms, confusion and disorientation to place and time (Kopelman, Thompson, Guerrini & Marshall, 2009). Wernicke’s encephalopathy, also known as a Wernicke episode, is caused by a thiamine (B1) deficiency in the brain brought on by prolonged alcohol abuse. ![]() Consistent with the KS literature, Mario’s chart states that when he was first hospitalized in 1980 he was “confused and disoriented” (19:37), common symptoms of Wernicke’s encephalopathy, an acute neuropsychiatric condition that precedes development of KS. Korsakoff’s Syndrome (KS), a neurological illness often brought on by prolonged alcohol abuse, is characterized by anterograde and retrograde amnesia (Thompson, Guerrini, & Marshall, 2012). After uncovering a history of alcoholism, Paloma theorizes that Mario has a diagnosis of Korsakoff’s Syndrome. Sé Quién Eres (I Know Who You Are), is a Spanish film that presents an interesting story concept through it’s examination of Korsakoff’s syndrome, psychiatric amnesia and the methods used to treat these conditions, but it blurs the lines between various types of memory problems it is attempting to portray.Īt the beginning of the film we are introduced to Mario, a man whose fluid conversational style masks the presence of memory deficits (7:11), so much so that the new psychiatrist Paloma is surprised to learn that he is a patient at the psychiatric clinic where she works. Under the effects of increasingly larger doses of a stimulant medication, Mario remembers details of his dark past and begins forming new memories. Paloma suspects that the first forgotten years of Mario’s retrograde amnesia were not caused by his illness but rather by a traumatic event and sets out to uncover these buried memories. Paloma, a new psychiatrist believes that Mario has Korsakoff’s Syndrome, a neurological illness characterized by both retrograde and anterograde amnesia. Mario, a man who resides in a psychiatric clinic, has no memory of the last 22 years of his life and cannot form new memories. Mario, a man diagnosed with Korsakoff’s Syndrome, uncovers lost memories of his dark past and regains the ability to form new memories with the aid of his psychiatrist Paloma.
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