Is there some kind of test? If yes, can’t the person just answer all the questions with “I can’t remember”?
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So amnesia has its symptoms and a certain set of behaviors and responses that the doctor can observe and diagnose.
And lying (“faking” it) has its own *different* set of behaviors and clues that someone who is an expert at interrogation can observe and make a determination on.
And if you’re a psychologist with experience at observing and diagnosing a range of human behaviors, you can probably differentiate between being forgetful and lying.
Most people aren’t very good liars, and/or don’t understand what amnesia actually looks like or what causes it.
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