when someone losts his memory, why dont he forget to speak, write etc?

Question

only the past past facts remain unknown to him.

Answer 1

Actually speaking is inbuilt, once you have learnt to speak, you never forget to speak unless the mussle is damaged. This works just like leaning to ride a by-cycle or swimming.

You never forget these things. Once learnt, it becomes inbuilt.

Answer 2

Thanks for an interesting question.

The memory is divided as immediate, short term and long term. The more and more we use the fact it has more probability of moving into the long term memory. The more and more we recall, sometimes in amnesia only the capability to recall is lost, the more stronger the memory is. As such the talents we learn, we practise most of them in our day to day life and hence is not lost during amnesia. However the parts of memory which is not used frequently or those in short term memory and some long term may get lost.
Hence we normally forget only the short and medium term memory, and lose ability to recollect long term memory, but retains to use our skills we learnt. In case less frequently used skills may also be lost.

Answer 3

What was long been inflicted remains and acted in some form or other. There was a person i know of around 80 years, i found him lost his memory but he speaks and write name, but many things to be done on a routine, is not there.

Answer 4

Different parts of the brain do different things and the location of injury or illness may only affect one or a few parts. The speech and language centers are in different parts of the brain than the memory areas.

Answer 5

If it is serious he might loss these abilities as well. But if he has lost his short term memory only, then he might not forget how to speak, write etc

Answer 6

when u r born u never knew to speak but as u grow u learn to speak, read, write and the ability to speak etc is god-given that is why perhaps even when a person loses his memory he doesn't forget to speak,write etc.

Answer 7

Memory is inthe back part of the brain. Things that have become 2nd nature to you are habbits and that is in your fron part of the brain.(Frontal lobe) The same reason why he can still see and hear and think normally. Does this answer your question? I hope so!

Answer 8

becuse the location of speech and write centres in the brain is different from where the memory /past experiences are stored

Answer 9

usually its the short term memory that is affected

ie - facts

things like writing are so ingrained that it is very hard to forget - unless the brain gets severly bruised or damaged.

Answer 10

It's an innate ability, it's a survival skill.