Towards a Neural Network Hypothesis for Functional (Dissociative) Amnesia: Catastrophic Forgetting

Review Data

Q: Is the topic relevant to the journal's area of interest? Is it contemporary and interesting for

researchers?

A: Very good

Abstract & Keywords

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A: Excellent

Goal

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A: Very good

Structure

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A: Very good

Tools and Methods

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A: Good

Discussion & Conclusion

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A: Very good

Comments:

The review article makes an appeal to the study of artificial neural networks in the hope that, as in other mnestic disorders, this might give insight into the mechanisms underpinning functional amnesia. The Discussion encompasses the relevant findings from the previous studies on functional amnesia and provides a thorough analysis of the findings and their implications. It also adequately discusses the literature. The Discussion section summarizes from the results of the review that the evolved functions of sleep and dreaming may be pertinent to the prevention of both overfitting and catastrophic forgetting in the human brain.

Literature

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Author's knowledge

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A: Very good

Length

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A: Good

Figures & Tables

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Writing style

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A: Very good

Further comments on the paper

Comments: This review article proposes a neural network hypothesis for functional amnesia based on a phenomenon encountered during sequential learning in artificial neural networks: catastrophic forgetting or catastrophic interference. This article holds significance as functional amnesia or (also known as dissociative amnesia, psychogenic amnesia, or mnestic block syndrome) is a rare disorder mainly affecting in a pattern dissimilar to that seen in other amnesic disorders.

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A: Yes - Suitable to be published

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