Psychogenic Amnesia is a form of amnesia popularized by popular culture, particularly film. Also called autobiographical amnesia, it is related to trauma or general psychological disorientation. The rarity of cases leaves some doubt as to whether or not psychogenic amnesia is a real phenomenon. If it is a true disorder, then it points to a new type of memory, autobiographical, in addition to episodic and declarative memory.

Psychogenic Amnesia in Fiction

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• The Bourne Supremacy and The Bourne Identity

• Jackie Chan's Who Am I?

• Clean Slate

• Overboard

References

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Prinzmetal, Bill. UC Berkeley "Issues in Cognitive Science" Lecture slides. Full lecture as pdf

Diseases