Aidan was in a car accident that left him with a brain injury
One of the abilities he lost was to take in and recall new pieces of information such as what he ate for dinner and what he watched on television the previous day. Aidan suffers from _____
a) anterograde amnesia.
b) state-dependent amnesia.
c) retrograde amnesia.
d) hippocampal amnesia.
Answer: a
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a. "Anorexia nervosa is much less prevalent than is generally believed." b. "Anorexia is actually a form of suicide among clinically depressed adolescents." c. "The emphasis should be on the nervosa because this is a neurological disorder." d. "The term anorexia means 'loss of appetite,' but people with this disorder are actually hungry."
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