Question

Nancy was in a car accident in which her head hit the dashboard. since then, she cannot remember anything new that she learns, yet she remembers things clearly that she learned prior to the wreck. what is this called?

Answer 1

The correct answer is Anterograde Amnesia.

Explanation:

Amnesia is a term used in psychology, which means the loss of memory, or the deficit in memory, due to some accident or disease which affected the brain.

Anterograde Amnesia is something that is caused by Amnesia. In this situation the person suffering from Anterograde Amnesia remembers everything happened to him in the past before the accident or disease, but is unable to remember the newly learned things.

For example, a person suffering from Anterograde Amnesia knows how to drive a car but he might not remember what he ate in the morning.

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