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Finding Nemo has always been one of my favourite movies to watch while sitting idle. To watch it again, while keeping the psychology aspect of it in mind, was actually an eye opener and the course of cognitive psychology helped me interpret the script in a very different way this time. Finding Nemo did a very impressive job in introducing the concept of amnesia by presenting Dory as a forgetful fish with “short term memory loss” how usually people describe it to be. In the constant search for Nemo by her father, Marlin, he comes across a blue bubble fish Dory who is very similar to all the other fishes in the sea except for her habit of forgetting things. Dory met Marlin when she was confident about having seen the ship and knowing exactly where Nemo might have been taken to. However, because of her habit of false recollection she assured Marlin about where the boat was going while in reality, she had no idea about what she was actually up to. Not only this but as Marlin follows Dory to the location, she forgets what they were proceeding to and ends up thinking of Marlin as a creep who was stalking her. Amnesia includes symptoms of displaying confusion and forgetfulness which was clearly depicted by Dory in the film. The repetitive questions asked to Marlin, the continuous forgetfulness for Nemo’s name and coming up with new names instead, forgetting the address of the location where Nemo was taken to are some of the examples from the movie that depicted strongly what Dory was suffering from is anterograde amnesia. The prevalence of anterograde amnesia reduced Dory’s ability to learn new information about the surroundings. Repeating the important information did help her to retain the knowledge for a while but as soon as she got distracted all the retained information got lost, like the address for instance. Short term memory holds information for less than 18 seconds and if repeated over and over again this information gets transferred to the long- term memory. However, if the information from short term memory is not transferring into long term memory despite the repetition it assures the presence of amnesia and so was the condition of Dory in the movie. Despite the repetition of the address in Sydney, Dory forgets it after a while until she is represented by the similar information in the end which recalls her memory. Not only was forgetting of the address a sign but also forgetting who they were actually looking for. Nemo finally meets Dory in the end and she doesn’t realise immediately that the whole time they had been looking for Nemo who was right in front of her. Despite the continuous confusion, forgetfulness and frustration throughout the movie, Dory convincing Marlin to stay with her because she remembers everything when she is with him melts the heart of the audience and highlights the importance of social support that people with amnesia need in order to live a happy life. It can be quite exasperating for someone to repeat the same information all the time because of the fear of forgetting it but with constant support from the loved ones does make the condition better and makes one more confident and optimistic which is exactly how Dory felt in the presence of Marlin. Finding Nemo has done an amazing job to inspire people to “just continue swimming” even when you have no idea where you might end up....