Faith had brain surgery to remove a small tumour from her temporal lobe. While recovering from the surgery Faith appeared to be fine, and she was able to talk about events from both her childhood and just before the surgery. However, she has not learned anything that has happened since the surgery. Which of the following are Faith's memory difficulties consistent with?

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Faith's memory difficulties are consistent with anterograde amnesia, which is the inability to form new memories after a brain injury or surgery. This is different from retrograde amnesia, which is the loss of memories from before the injury, and proactive interference and pseudoforgetting, which are related to memory encoding and retrieval processes, rather than injury or surgery.

Faith Had Brain Surgery to Remove a Small Tumour from Her