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What is the result of damage to the hippocampus in the temporal lobe?
Impairment to recall of verbal and visual material
What is the term for memory impairment resulting from brain damage?
Amnesia
Which type of amnesia involves the inability to recall events from before the injury?
Retrograde amnesia
What is the term for memory impairment caused by an unbearably stressful situation or an emotionally significant traumatic event?
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What is the result of severe memory impairment in individuals?
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What is the term for the inability to track the sequence of time and remember events after a head injury?
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Which type of amnesia is caused by permanent damage to the brain?
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What is the term for the forgetting of important information due to brain damage or disease?
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What is the effect of Alzheimer's disease on the brain?
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What is the term for the inability to remember ongoing events after a brain injury?
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