What's the name of this person or disease?
September 3rd, 2010
In psychology class last year we watched a video about a man who had a disease where he completely forgot everything, and in his eyes every moment was the beginning of time. He got extremely excited every time his wife walked into the room, even though he claimed it was the first time he had ever seen her. He also knew how to play the piano like a master, but he insisted he had never seen or heard music before and didn’t even know what it was. This was because the disease affected most of his memory but not every part of it. What is the name of the disease or person? (its not alzheimers, he literally thought every time his concentration on the situation broke was the beginning of time)
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Playing the piano like you say is Savant, bu the rest is long and short term memory loss that’s all I can think of. It has happen from Eastern Equine encephalitis and other disease like this or from injuries.