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AMNESIA IN THE VOW
PSY 101
Alexandra Stoddard
W H A T I S R E T R O G R A D E A M N E S I A
o As discussed in the power point and lecture video,
retrograde amnesia is a memory mishap.
o This most commonly comes about after a
traumatic brain injury.
o It presents itself as a loss of memory from a
portion prior to the accident.
AMNESIA IN THE VOW
oThe vow is a movie in which a married couple
(Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams) get into an
accident. Throughout the movie, it recounts the very
happy and blissful life that they had prior to the
accident. This movie is based off of a true story.
Events like these happen to real people.
AMNESIA IN THE VOW
oTo a certain extent, Paige (Rachel McAdams) still
had a memory, but it was from before she was
married to her husband. What she remembered
occurred when she was engaged to a different man
about five years ago. At that time, she also lived
with her upper class family and was enrolled in law
school.
AMNESIA IN THE VOW
oA therapy that is commonly used and that was used
in the movie is to immerse the amnesia patient back
into their normal routine to try to help them regain
the memory.
oToward the end of the movie, Paige mentions a
place that they used to go and her husband thinks
she may have remembered but she tells him that it is
something that her friend had told her.
AMNESIA IN THE VOW
oPaige also had a passion for art, and previously, she
had been enrolled in law school but them dropped it
due to lack of interest
oWhen she came out of her sedated state after the
accident, she reverted back to her former life in law
school.
oAccording to our text, when amnesia happens,
personalities and passions can be brought up again
or they can be completely changed from what they
once had been.
CORRELATION
oPaige constantly tells Leo(Channing Tatum) that she
doesn’t know what to believe because there is no evidence
that she was even with him due to her lack of memory.
oRetrograde amnesia can usually be restored to some extent
over time, but her memory wouldn’t return despite their
many efforts.
oBecause of her lack of memory, she was fearful to go back
to her life with Leo the way it had previously been.
THE CONCLUSION
oUnfortunately, Paige never regained her memory.
oIn the movie, Paige and Leo decided to create new
memories and start over.
oAt the end of the movie, viewers are told that in the
real life story, they end up getting re-married and
having two children, but she never re-gained her
memory.