CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

COGNITION AND EMOTIONS

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

The inability to remember events in one’s life which occurred prior to a brain injury is known as what type of forgetting?

A	source amnesia
B	anterograde amnesia
C	retrograde amnesia
D	infantile amnesia

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Retrograde Amnesia: Describes amnesia where you can’t recall memories that were formed before the event that caused the amnesia. It usually affects recently stored past memories, not memories from years ago.

Detailed explanation-2: -In neurology, retrograde amnesia (RA) is a loss of memory-access to events that occurred or information that was learned in the past.

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: -Amnesia caused by brain injury or damage is known as neurological amnesia. Possible causes of neurological amnesia include: Stroke.

Detailed explanation-5: -Anterograde amnesia is a type of memory loss that occurs when you can’t form new memories. In the most extreme cases, this means you permanently lose the ability to learn or retain any new information. On its own, this type of memory loss is rare. Anterograde amnesia is often temporary.

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