"Minetti served in Iraq and was taken prisoner by a militia who subjected him to torture. It was shortly after this that his amnesia attacks began. Psychologists believe that extreme stress and fear can sometimes induce a loss of memory

Thus Minetti's recurrent amnesia is indeed the result of his experience in the prison camp" is A) valid B) invalid


B

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