Retrograde amnesia is to anterograde amnesia as ________

a) mild is to severe
b) severe is to mild
c) remembering old is to learning new
d) remembering new is to learning old

ANS: C, Retrograde amnesia is the loss of past memories, whereas anterograde amnesia is the inability to encode and store new memories.

Psychology

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