In the HT article on concussions, Dr. Haddad defines two types-- "retrograde amnesia, which involves losing memory of the time period leading up to a head injury; and anterograde amnesia, which involves losing memory of the events that occur after an injury."
IIRC, Carl Salzmann, CR's memory loss started 15 minutes before the altercation and lasted the rest of the night, so it sounds as if alcohol and or drugs may have played a part in his amnesia.
Can one have both types of amnesia at once?
Dr. Haddad says, "Typically, the events that occurred before retrograde amnesia are remembered better than those that occurred after anterograde amnesia. The injury itself may never be remembered.
The article states, "Haddad said from his experience, if a patient is going to remember the events leading up to a head injury but not the injury itself, he or she will do so within the first few weeks of the injury rarely later than that."
Has LE interviewed CR again to see if he has remembered the events prior to the punch?
One puzzling part of the article is that Dr. Haddad talks about losing consciousness, as if the reporter knows CR lost consciousness and is asking how hard a punch it would take to knock him out.
So, the timeline states that CR and LS were at Smallwood for about 10 minutes. They walk in the building, maybe wait for the elevator, take it to the 5th floor, he gets punched, maybe loses consciousness, comes to and they leave.
There is then some "activity" in the alley and one rumor has it that LS was seen arguing with 3 men in the alley. Did ZO leave SW first? Did he have others with him?
The other thing I don't get is that LS sees her friend get punched, goes with him to 5 North, then is ready to party more. Was she not traumatized by seeing her friend get punched?
IIRC, Carl Salzmann, CR's memory loss started 15 minutes before the altercation and lasted the rest of the night, so it sounds as if alcohol and or drugs may have played a part in his amnesia.
Can one have both types of amnesia at once?
Dr. Haddad says, "Typically, the events that occurred before retrograde amnesia are remembered better than those that occurred after anterograde amnesia. The injury itself may never be remembered.
The article states, "Haddad said from his experience, if a patient is going to remember the events leading up to a head injury but not the injury itself, he or she will do so within the first few weeks of the injury rarely later than that."
Has LE interviewed CR again to see if he has remembered the events prior to the punch?
One puzzling part of the article is that Dr. Haddad talks about losing consciousness, as if the reporter knows CR lost consciousness and is asking how hard a punch it would take to knock him out.
So, the timeline states that CR and LS were at Smallwood for about 10 minutes. They walk in the building, maybe wait for the elevator, take it to the 5th floor, he gets punched, maybe loses consciousness, comes to and they leave.
There is then some "activity" in the alley and one rumor has it that LS was seen arguing with 3 men in the alley. Did ZO leave SW first? Did he have others with him?
The other thing I don't get is that LS sees her friend get punched, goes with him to 5 North, then is ready to party more. Was she not traumatized by seeing her friend get punched?