Lobo Antunes is concerned with the texture of recollection as a part of consciousness, fragments of memory rising to compel attention, the past lingering in the present to form a shadow reality.
I've decided I must have had, just below the level of consciousness, a memory of some Jack Benny joke on that subject.
TBI is defined as traumatically induced physiological disruption of brain function, as manifested by loss of consciousness, memory impairment, alteration of mental state, and/or focal neurological deficits.
Somatoform dissociation is a specific form of dissociation with somatic manifestations represented in the form of 'pseudoneurological' symptoms due to disturbances or alterations of normal integrated functions of consciousness, memory or identity mainly related to trauma and other psychological stressors.
DSM-IV (477) defines it as "disruption in the usually integrated functions of consciousness, memory, identity or perception of the environment.
Somatoform dissociation has been proposed as a concept describing specific forms of dissociative symptoms experienced as somatic disturbances due to alterations of normal integrative functions of consciousness, memory or identity related to stressful experiences [ 1- 4].
Reid notes that Locke is aware of some of the consequences of the Memory Theory: if sameness of consciousness or memory is necessary and sufficient for sameness of person, then it is possible for there to be sameness of person without sameness of thinking Being.
When a subarachnoid hemorrhage is secondary to head trauma, there is typically a constellation of symptoms similar to that seen in all serious head injuries that includes confusion or loss of consciousness, memory loss, dizziness or unsteadiness, lack of coordination, nausea and/or vomiting, or sleepiness.
Other studies suggest that the presence of certain symptoms such as headache, dizziness, loss of consciousness, memory loss, blurred vision, generalised weakness, pain in limbs and seizures make the diagnosis of TIA less likely.
Concussion: impaired consciousness, dizziness, nausea, loss of memory, mild headache, seeing "stars", double vision, numbness, stumbling, and lack of hand-eye coordination.
