Who is most likely suffering from retrograde amnesia?
A) Billy, who can't seem to learn a foreign language.
B) Margie, who can't remember much of anything prior to being attacked on the street after a late-night party.
C) Cecil, who cannot remember long telephone numbers without writing them down right away.
D) Mariana, who struggles to remember the names of the people she just met.
Answer: B
Rationale: Retrograde amnesia is a condition in which memory for the events preceding trauma or injury is lost. Anterograde amnesia is the opposite effect—the inability to form new memories for events occurring after a brain injury.
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