Past? Future? Present?

I found a very interesting article in the NY Times today Amnesiacs May Be Cut Off From Past and Future Alike. It seems that a new study has found that people with amnesia are very much stuck in the present. So while their past may be a mystery to them, their future memories are also affected. As the Times puts it “To the brain, it seems, remembered experience and imagined experience are reflections from the same mirror. When one is gone, so is the other.” The hippocampus seems to be a more of a major player in memory formation than was previously thought.

Being stuck is never good. I have loved ones in my life who are very much stuck in the past. In that way, they cannot move into the present or dream of the future. It’s very sad. Maybe they need amnesia.