Question

When experiencing ________ amnesia, you experience loss of memory for events that occurred prior to the trauma. when experiencing ________ amnesia, you cannot remember new information?

Answer 1

Answer:

Retrograde amnesia prevents you from remembering information before the lesion.

Anterograde amnesia prevents you from forming new memories.

Explanation:

Let's understand both terms:

• Retrograde amnesia affects memories prior to the injury since it primarily affects the hippocampus, the area in the brain specialized in memory retention. It primarily affects the explicit memory which includes semantic, episodic, spatial and autobiographical memory.
• Anterograde amnesia prevents one from retaining new information such as faces, names, etc. People can work with new information for a short period of time but once the information is not put to use it "vanishes".

Answer 2

1. Retrograde
2. Anterograde