A police officer is shot in a gun battle with bank robbers. Although emergency brain surgery saves his life, it leaves him unable to store new information. The officer's family is applying to the state for compensation for his injuries
When asked to provide a diagnosis of the difficulties he suffers, what will they write?
a. proactive amnesia
b. anterograde amnesia
c. retrograde amnesia
d. retroactive amnesia
e. pernicious amnesia
b. anterograde amnesia
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What will be an ideal response?
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