Question

Brief episodes of retrograde amnesia (for example, the traumatic disruption of newly formed memories when a football player takes a hit to the head and can't recall the last play before the hit) reflect _______________________.

Answer 1

The correct answer is; a failure of memory consolidation.

Explanation:

When someone suffers from a failure of memory consolidation they do not have a memory of the event that caused the disruption. This can happen when a football player gets a hard hit on the head or someone who falls and hits their head. Basically any trauma to the brain that can cause short term amnesia.

The person who has a a failure of memory consolidation will only lose the memories for the action or accident that caused the loss in the first place. They will be able to have memories of everything that occured before and after and should not affect daily living.

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