A brain-injured patient who can still execute a perfect golf

swing or a high dive but is unable to recall or relearn even the broad outlines of American history is exhibiting superior function in which type of memory?
a. procedural memory
b. semantic memory
c. episodic memory
d. fact memory


ANSWER: a

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