What causes short term memory loss?

For two days I felt stand still, for simple reason, I lost my mobile phones – both my personal and official. If I don’t receive any calls, if I am not able to make any calls no matter where I am, it makes me feel stand still. It would not be much different for many people – be it any where, in a situation like this “No connectivity”. I even felt pity when I think about these invaded over dependency.It make me realized and felt electronic gadgets like ipods, mobile phones really taken our life to a totally different dimension.

Some of our life pattern changed during recent past. Without even realizing ……… some of the changes really wondering - one classic example, no one really knows any of the phone numbers by heart. Even worse, some many doesn’t other to know ones own phone number.

Soon we may become Sanjay Subramaniyam (Ghajini) – make use of mobile phone or GPS connectivity even to locate our own house while back from office. No need to consultant Doctor, burning money for just to know “what causes short term memory loss”.

In this context, let me explain two related or near related aspects

1. Have you heard about muscle memory?

When an active person repeatedly trains movement, often of the same activity, in an effort to stimulate the mind’s adaptation process, the outcome is to induce physiological changes which attain increased levels of accuracy through repetition. Even though the process is really brain-muscle memory or motor memory, the colloquial expression "muscle memory" is commonly used.

Individuals rely upon the mind’s ability to assimilate a given activity and adapt to the training. As the brain and muscle adapts to training, the subsequent changes are a form or representation of its muscle memory.

Example : Sometimes it so happens we forget password when log into PC or ATM, no matter we still type our password. It is because of muscle memory.

2. Another thing called,Pavlovian Response :

Pavlovian Response aka reflex action, also known as a reflex, is an involuntary and nearly instantaneous movement in response to a stimulus. In most contexts, in particular those involving humans, reflex actions are mediated via the reflex arc; this is not always true in other animals :>

Applying break, changing gears while driving vehicle are examples of pavlovian response.

Naras