Patient X Goes to the Golf Course Every Sunday

question 144

Multiple Choice

Patient X goes to the golf course every Sunday. He encounters the same people on the course every Sunday. Patient X's wife asks him about the people at the golf course and their names. Patient X cannot remember any of their names or faces. In addition, he cannot tell his wife how to get to the golf course or the proximal location of the place. Patient X MOST likely has:

• A)retrograde amnesia.
• B)anterograde amnesia.
• C)clinically significant absentmindedness.
• D)long-term potentation.

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Definitions:

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