Short-term memory is when information recognized by sensory memory enters consciousness, if rehearsed and encoded correctly the information passes to long-term memory; otherwise, memories will be lost. In the movie 50 First Dates, many things are said about memory loss. Some of which are true and some of which are not. A situation is presented where a lady named Lucy, played by Drew Barrymore, had a terrible accident which caused her to lose her memory. Then a man named Henry, played by Adam Sandler, falls in love with her and must find a way to deal with his condition so he can be with her. Because of the interesting plot, it may be easy to forget to note the accuracy of the claims made about memory. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an Original Essay To begin with, the doctor states that Lucy has Goldfield syndrome, which is incorrect. The doctor further explains that this syndrome is the scar tissue that is being imparted to convert short-term memory into long-term memory during sleep. In other words, it does not encode, which means that during sleep it is unable to transfer information from one memory stage to the next. While this statement is true, instead of being called Goldfields syndrome it is actually anterograde amnesia. Anterograde amnesia means that you are unable to form long-term memories; however, one still has semantic memories which are factual knowledge such as knowing the president. While they may still have their semantic memories, they could potentially lose their episodic memories that are personal experiences like prom. Of course, every patient is different and cases vary depending on the extent of the damage and the location of the damage. In Lucy's case, her temporal lobe was damaged in the car accident. What is interesting to me is that this lobe is involved in implicit memory and in the film it appears that conscious awareness of it still works. For example, he can still drive, paint, and build waffle houses; this could also be known as procedural memory. Continuing, during the scene where the doctor explains her condition, Lucy laughs at one of his remarks. The doctor responds and says, "as you can see your sense of humor is still intact and it's right here" then goes on to say, "magnificent amygdala." The amygdala has nothing to do with a sense of humor, instead it is two neural groups the size of a lima bean that enable aggression and fear. Also, over the course of the film, there are many more details that aren't told. For example, Lucy has no ability to retrieve information. It cannot bring information stored from long-term memory to the conscious level in short-term memory; for this reason she was encouraged to write diaries to be able to remember what she had done the day before. Furthermore, his memory remains the same. Remember that she is an art teacher, where she lives, who her family is, and how to do other activities. The recall was also shown. This is a reproduction of the information while not requiring any recovery signal. Lucy demonstrates that she can remember information from before the accident, but is unable to recall any new information. Additionally, there is another character in the film who suffers from memory loss and his condition is much worse than Lucy's. "Ten Second Tom" is introduced to Lucy to show her that his condition could be worse. Tom, as you might imagine, only has the memory for ten..