CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITION AND EMOTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Someone who cannot encode new memories has ____
A
Anterograde amnesia
B
Long-term potentiation
C
Retroactive Interference
D
Proactive Interference
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -People with anterograde amnesia can’t form new memories. That means you forget something that just happened within a short period. For some, their memory may last a few minutes or so. Others might forget about something only seconds after it happens.

Detailed explanation-2: -Anterograde Amnesia: Describes amnesia where you can’t form new memories after the event that caused the amnesia. Anterograde amnesia is far more common than retrograde.

Detailed explanation-3: -Anterograde amnesia (AA) refers to an impaired capacity for new learning. Retrograde amnesia (RA) refers to the loss of information that was acquired before the onset of amnesia.

Detailed explanation-4: -Anterograde amnesia is thought to involve the failure to encode (or possibly retrieve) new memories. 2 There are also different levels of severity of anterograde amnesia. Some people might forget a recent meal or a new phone number, for example, while others might forget what they were doing 30 seconds ago.

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