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The reduced ability to remember information acquired after the onset of amnesia is known as:

AWorking memory
BRetrograde amnesia
CPhonological loop
DAnterograde amnesia ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Anterograde amnesia
Explanation

Anterograde amnesia is the reduced ability to form and remember new information acquired after the onset of amnesia.

Working memory is the temporary system that holds and manipulates information for a few seconds, not a memory loss.

Retrograde amnesia is the opposite loss, affecting events learned before the onset, not after.

The phonological loop is a component of Baddeley's working memory that rehearses verbal and acoustic material.

Anterograde loss reflects damage to the hippocampus that blocks the making of fresh long-term memories.

The patient H.M. became the classic case of anterograde amnesia after bilateral hippocampal surgery.

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