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All right, so the question states, amnesia is a common theme in hollywood movies and television.
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How amy these portrayals, which are often inaccurate, negatively influenced the public's perception? well, for one, many times when we see movies regarding this topic, the way it's presented is a little bit too simplistic.
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And what i mean by that is, you know, true situations, true cases of amnesia are far often more complex.
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Okay? there are a lot of little nuances that they miss, you know, in the movies, complications, things of that nature, that, you know, just simply don't do the condition any justice.
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You know, so too simplistic, people are just thinking it's simply memory loss, you know, and nothing more.
00:48
Another thing is sometimes the way it's presented creates stereotypes.
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And so, again, they're going to think that every case is the same.
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And not really understand that each individual is going to be affected differently by amnesia.
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So again, it does help to propagate stereotypes.
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Yeah.
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And that, of course, is not going to helping getting the people, you know, the public to fully understand the condition...