Amnesia is a really handy/cliché literary device and the inciting incident for countless Hanna-Barbera cartoons, but it’s also a real, serious affliction caused by major head trauma. Learn how scrambled neurons can permanently alter your memory on this week’s QQ.

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http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-06/du-ooa061416.php
http://www.neurology.org/content/86/24/2291
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How Do Concussions Cause Amnesia?

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