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A form of amnesia, selective memory loss is a rare side effect of head injuries when the victim loses certain parts of his/her memory. Not much is known because this only results when certain areas of the head are traumatized. Common elements that may be forgotten: relationships, special talents (e.g.: juggling, whistling, instrumental talents, etc.), living area, abilities in certain areas (e.g.: a new gymnast forgetting she can not cartwheel yet), and events such as concerts, shows, traumatic events (e.g.: a death/suicide of a loved one or attempt on one's own life). More research is being done into elements that are forgotten and what areas of the skull must be traumatized to cause SML.

SML is also used as a joke term by proctors who claims they are affected by such and thus, unable to help examinees with their exam.

v t e Memory

Basic concepts	Encoding Storage Recall Attention Memory consolidation Neuroanatomy of memory

Sensory memory	Echoic memory Eidetic memory Eyewitness memory Iconic memory Motor learning Visual memory

Short-term memory	"The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two" Working memory

Intermediate-term memory	Intermediate-term memory

Long-term memory	Active recall Autobiographical memory Declarative memory Episodic memory Explicit memory Flashbulb memory Hyperthymesia Implicit memory Meaningful learning Personal event memory Procedural memory Rote learning Selective retention Semantic memory Tip of the tongue

Forgetting	Amnesia Anterograde amnesia Childhood amnesia Decay theory Forgetting curve Interference theory Memory inhibition Motivated forgetting Post-traumatic amnesia Psychogenic amnesia Repressed memory Retrieval-induced forgetting Retrograde amnesia Selective memory loss Transient global amnesia Weapon focus

Research	Art of memory Memory and aging Exceptional memory Indirect tests of memory Lost in the mall technique Memory disorder Methods used to study memory Reconstruction of automobile destruction The Seven Sins of Memory

Related concepts	Absent-mindedness Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model Confabulation Context-dependent memory Cryptomnesia Effect of Alcohol on Memory Emotion and memory Exosomatic memory Flashbacks Free recall Involuntary memory Levels-of-processing effect List of memory biases Memory and aging Memory for the future Memory and trauma Memory improvement Metamemory Mnemonic Muscle memory Priming Prospective memory Recovered memory therapy Retrospective memory Sleep and Memory Source-monitoring error State-dependent learning Transactive memory

Culture and society	Cultural memory False memory syndrome Memory and social interactions Memory sport Politics of memory Shass Pollak World Memory Championships

Notable people	Robert A. Bjork Stephen J. Ceci Susan Clancy Hermann Ebbinghaus Sigmund Freud Patricia Goldman-Rakic Jonathan Hancock Judith Lewis Herman HM (patient) Ivan Izquierdo Marcia K. Johnson Eric Kandel KC (patient) Elizabeth Loftus Geoffrey Loftus James McGaugh Paul R. McHugh Eleanor Maguire George Armitage Miller Brenda Milner Lynn Nadel Dominic O'Brien Ben Pridmore Henry L. Roediger III Steven Rose Cosmos Rossellius Daniel Schacter Richard Shiffrin Arthur P. Shimamura Andriy Slyusarchuk Larry Squire Susumu Tonegawa Anne Treisman Endel Tulving Robert Stickgold

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