What Memory Task Would a Typical Patient with Korsakoff's Syndrome

question 101

Multiple Choice

What memory task would a typical patient with Korsakoff's syndrome be able to do without difficulty?

• A) recall the temporal order of events
• B) remember someone he or she met in the past week
• C) an implicit memory task
• D) an explicit memory task

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