Linda forgot much of what happened on the day of her car accident. In that she hit her head on the steering wheel and lost consciousness for a time, a likely cause of her memory loss is__________

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Consolidation failure occurs when new memories are not properly stored in the brain. In Linda's case, her head injury may have prevented her brain from properly encoding and consolidating the memories of the events surrounding her car accident, leading to her memory loss. Proactive interference occurs when old memories interfere with the encoding of new memories, reactive interference occurs when new memories interfere with the retrieval of old memories, and retroactive interference occurs when new memories interfere with the retrieval of old memories. None of these processes are an accurate explanation for Linda's memory loss in this scenario.

Linda Forgot Much of What Happened on the Day of Her