Self, memory, and imagining the future in a case of psychogenic amnesia

Rathbone, C., Ellis, J., Baker, I. and Butler, C. (2015) Self, memory, and imagining the future in a case of psychogenic amnesia. Neurocase, 21 (6). pp. 727-737. ISSN 1465-3656 doi: 10.1080/13554794.2014.977923

Abstract/Summary

We report a case of psychogenic amnesia and examine the relationships between autobiographical memory impairment, the self, and ability to imagine the future. Case study JH, a 60 year old male, experienced a 6 year period of pervasive psychogenic amnesia covering all life events from childhood to the age of 53. JH was tested during his amnesic period and again following hypnotherapy and the recovery of his memories. JH’s amnesia corresponded with deficits in self-knowledge and imagining the future. Results are discussed with reference to models of self and memory and processes involving remembering and imagining.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/37914
Identification Number/DOI	10.1080/13554794.2014.977923
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Department of Psychology Life Sciences > School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences > Language and Cognition
Uncontrolled Keywords	psychogenic amnesia, self, autobiographical memory, imagining the future, identity
Publisher	Taylor & Francis
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