Since Wanda's brain operation she has been unable to store any new memories to recall them an hour or more later. However, she still recalls everything that happened before her operation. What kind of memory loss does she have?

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Wanda has anterograde amnesia, which means she is unable to form new memories after her brain operation. She still recalls everything that happened before the operation, indicating that her ability to retrieve past memories is intact, indicating no retrograde amnesia. Global amnesia refers to the loss of all types of memory, whereas Wanda's issue is specific to one type of memory. Context-dependent memory refers to the phenomenon where recall is better in the same context as the initial encoding and does not apply to Wanda's situation.

Since Wanda's Brain Operation She Has Been Unable to Store