Which of the following is an example of anterograde amnesia?

A. Grace could remember what she had eaten for breakfast but couldn't remember her own name.

B. Robert could remember the good old days but couldn't remember what he'd eaten for breakfast.

C. Andy couldn't remember how to play his trumpet but knew exactly where his keys were.

D. Alice could not remember her own name, nor could she remember her childhood.

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Ellis Ferrell

29 May, 23:04

Which of the following is an example of anterograde amnesia?

A. Grace could remember what she had eaten for breakfast but couldn't remember her own name.

B. Robert could remember the good old days but couldn't remember what he'd eaten for breakfast.

C. Andy couldn't remember how to play his trumpet but knew exactly where his keys were.

D. Alice could not remember her own name, nor could she remember her childhood.

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Marc Morgan · Answer 1

Answer: B. Robert could remember the good old days but couldn't remember what he'd eaten for breakfast.

Explanation: Anterograde amnesia is simply a subset of amnesia, a person experiences anterograde amnesia when the hippocampus section of the brain is damaged, this leads to the inability of that individual to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia.

Although people suffering from anterograde amnesia can quit remember memories from their far past but find it difficult in remembering memories from their immediate past.

Robert remembers the long term memories from his child hood but he can't remember the immediate past memory of what he had eaten for breakfast, i. e he cannot store new memories. This is called anterograde amnesia.