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MomBoard: E-ink display for a parent with amnesia

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bregma ◴[14 Nov 24 15:55 UTC] No.42137465[source]▶
My wife acquired anterograde amnesia after a car accident. This device may or may not have worked for her: she would probably have discovered the device anew every time (as in, every 10 minutes or so), although she would probably be pleased each time.

Thankfully she fully recovered after a few weeks. It takes a lot of patience to deal with someone like that, and you could tell it frequently caused a lot of frustration on her part. Every 10 minutes or so in fact.

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1. 0x1ceb00da ◴[16 Nov 24 15:45 UTC] No.42156957[source]▶
What exactly causes anterograde amnesia? Why is it temporary for some people and permanent for others?
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2. StrictDabbler ◴[19 Nov 24 16:41 UTC] No.42185393[source]▶
There's no single cause. Forming memories requires many parts of the brain. Injury to or illness in any one of them can cause anteretrograde amnesia.

It's like asking "what makes a person unable to walk?" Arthritis, paralysis, muscle wasting, MS, Parkinson's, a broken bone, an amputated foot... some are temporary, some are permanent.

Walking is hard, even though most of us can do it. Forming memories is similarly hard.