Passing an electric current through the brain during electroconvulsive therapy is most likely to disrupt ________ memory.

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Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is known to disrupt short-term memory, such as remembering what happened earlier that day or information learned recently. It is not known to significantly affect long-term memory or procedural memory, which involves recalling how to perform certain skills or actions. Flashbulb memory, the recall of emotionally significant events, is also not disrupted by ECT.

Passing an Electric Current Through the Brain During Electroconvulsive Therapy