Hi! I'm Tom.....Hi! I'm Tom.....Hi! I'm Tom.....

This week we talked about memory. Most of it was a review from regular psych, but it still amazes me every time. Without our memory, life would be super crappy. We would all be going through life confused and frustrated. Everything, for the most part, would be pointless. I also think that most of us take our memory for granted. If we were to damage a part of our brain we could lose part, or all of our ability to process and store memories. In the movie 50 First Dates there is a guy named Tom. Everyone calls him Ten Second Tom because he lost part of his brain in a hunting accident and now his memory only lasts ten seconds before it relapses. Tom is unable to encode new memories because the part of the brain that transfers information from the working memory to the long-term memory is damaged. I couldn't imagine living my life like that..

I did manage to find a link to the part of the movie that shows Ten Second Tom. :)

Ten Second Tom