Annette, The bit of research I've conducted comparing these two types of amnesia suggests that they often occur simultaneously, though one is usually more serious than the other. Also, there is a considerable variations within both types of amnesia. This leads me to conclude that to compare the rates of the two types of amnesia is a more complex and challenging goal than one might think.
However, I came across a fascinating piece of research relative to how the concussions experienced by football players measurably impact their incidences of retrograde amnesia as compared to anterograde amnesia. The research was conducted by Robert Cantu, the original physician who discovered and named the brain deterioration he discovered after conducting an autopsy of Mike Webster and then football players to follow. His research was conducted in 2001 and published in the Journal of Athletic Training. The title is: Posttraumatic Retrograde and Anterograde Amnesia: Pathophysiology and Implications in Grading and Safe Return to Play. The entire article is available at no cost. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC155413/ Cantu recommends that the measurement of both types of amnesia should be conducted regularly among football players to determine how much brain trauma they have experienced to date. Sounds like an excellent idea versus waiting to conduct an autopsy after the player's death as well as having experienced the tragic symptoms of serious cognitive deficits. One has to wonder why this isn't this being done today in the NFL. Or maybe one doesn't have to wonder . . . Joan jwarm...@oakton.edu PS I responded to your post on PSYCHTEACHER but they take so long! > I've been trying to find some statistical data on the relative prevalence > of retro versus anterograde amnesia and have had no luck :-( > > I have taught in the past that anterograde is more common but I'm not so > sure about that. It is certainly more devastating in terms of human > functioning, but is it more prevalent? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! > > Annette > > > Annette Kujawski Taylor, Ph.D. > Professor, Psychological Sciences > University of San Diego > 5998 Alcala Park > San Diego, CA 921210 > tay...@sandiego.edu > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: jwarm...@oakton.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752d0d&n=T&l=tips&o=51203 > or send a blank email to > leave-51203-49240.d374d0c18780e492c3d2e63f91752...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@mail-archive.com. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=51210 or send a blank email to leave-51210-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
