5/5/2008 - What are the symptoms? (amnesia)

  Children with developmental amnesia are often described as forgetful and unreliable. They frequently lose their belongings, forget to deliver messages, don't keep appointments, become easily lost and have problems finding their way in new surroundings, have difficulty remembering the plot and sequence of events in a novel or film and forget activities they've carried out in school on any given day.

  As children become older and more demands are placed on their memory, they become increasingly dependent on others to help them to remember. However, they are relatively able to learn new facts and information.