Talk:Ken Kaneki/@comment-121.96.57.139-20150919092826/@comment-26967758-20150919135538

Eh, the temporal lobe is responsible for visual memory (facial recognition), language comprehension and emotions assosicaiting. It's also pretty much right behind the eyes. Lol, had a feeling it was this one, but had to wikipedia to refresh my Psychology. This one probably means that Kaneki himself didn't forget things, as seen that Shironeki knows Amon and remembers other people. I think it has to do with the fact that he can't assosciate what he felt about the people he knew, and that since he has trouble recognising them, it doesn't register with him yet that he once knew them.

There's actually another condition that is similar to what Kaneki experiences, but it has physical disabillities. It's called Bell's Palsy, where the great amount of stress a person has in their life causes their facial muscles to become paralyzed, causing the face to look distorted. This usually happens on one side of the face, and it could affect language comprehenion, loss of memory (and I mean severe memory loss, like not remembering the past 10 years of your life), loss of motivation, apetite, taste, hearing, and could even go down to paralyze the more affected side of the body. I know this because I've been living with this condition for over 3 years now, but I'm getting by the day, so I could understand what Sasaki is feeling. Bell's Palsy is caused by the stress, which is often self-percieved problems, and that in reality, these aren't real problems at all, and the mind simply created it's own obstacle to hinder the body's movement. There's also the lack of sleep, an ill diet, and being in cold weather for too long which can factor into these as well as genetics.

That's pretty much why I believe if Sasaki could come to terms with everything that's happened, he can "remember" Kaneki, but it's a matter of training the mind to relax and not take on the mental stress. In my case, the more I relax, the more I remember, and the more my muscles begin to feel alive. In Sasaki's case, he's at top physical endurance and strength. So, for him, it's just about the mind.