Korsakov's Syndrome in "The Lost Mariner"

Korsakoff syndrome is devastating damage to recent memory caused by thiamine deficiency caused by alcohol abuse, malabsorption, vomiting or starvation. In addition, other causes of Korsakoff's syndrome include heavy metal poisoning, head trauma and tumors. Patients with Korsakoff syndrome may have widespread pathology in bilateral hippocampus and will positively confuse. Confusion occurs when the patient has a pseudo memory of what is happening in the forgetting event.

Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome seen in some chronic mass drinkers is caused by thiamine deficiency. This disease is characterized by a small amount of cerebral hemorrhage. Some affected people are permanently disabled and need long-term care of the facility. The study reported in the early 1980s found that the prevalence of necropsy in Australia was 2.8% (Harper, 1983). This is the highest prevalence of Wernicke - Korsakoff syndrome recorded in the world. In order to prevent cases of Wernicke - Korsakoff syndrome, thiamine supplement for breadmaking flour was introduced in 1990. Since then, the incidence of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome has decreased by 40% (Ma and Truswell 1995) since 1991 and the prevalence rate in 1997 has been reported to be 1.1% (Harper et al. 1998). The most likely explanation for these low figures is thiamine supplement.

Korsakoff syndrome is devastating damage to recent memory caused by thiamine deficiency caused by alcohol abuse, malabsorption, vomiting or starvation. In addition, other causes of Korsakoff's syndrome include heavy metal poisoning, head trauma and tumors. Patients with Korsakoff syndrome may have widespread pathology in bilateral hippocampus and will positively confuse. - When you look back on the unforgettable moment and remember all the details of yesterday, people think about flash memory. However, the study showed that flash memory is not theirs. Flashbulb memory is defined as "the first in memory to learn about a very surprisingly important (or emotional) event" (Winograd, 1983).