Psychology / Unit 6 Psych 0694 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Anterograde Amnesia
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The idea
Anterograde amnesia is the inability to form new explicit memories after the onset of brain injury or illness.
In practice
A patient converses normally and does not recall the conversation twenty minutes later.
Where people slip
Procedural learning often continues intact. The patient improves at a skill they deny practicing.
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