Question

After striking her head on a window during a car accident, shani is knocked unconscious. when she wakes up, she knows who she is but has no memory of the accident or where she was for several hours before the collision took place. what condition is shani experiencing? anterograde amnesia proactive interference retroactive interference retrograde amnesia

Answer 1

Shani is experiencing retrograde amnesia

Retrograde amnesia is a condition in which there is memory loss of events that took place in the recent past before the onset of an illness or an injury. Retrograde amnesia makes an individual to forget past events as opposed to new ones. This condition can be caused by devastating events, surgeries, brain injuries, infections, or shock therapy. The symptoms of retrograde amnesia are confusion, coordination issues and wrong memories.