Severe head injury resulting in unconsciousness often causes a person to experience ________, the inability to recall events that happened right before the injury.
A) amnestic dementia
B) anterograde amnesia
C) retrograde amnesia
D) psychogenic amnesia

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Retrograde amnesia is the loss of memory for events that occurred before the injury or trauma. Anterograde amnesia is the inability to form new memories after the injury or trauma. Amnestic dementia is a progressive memory disorder and psychogenic amnesia is caused by psychological factors rather than physical injury.

Severe Head Injury Resulting in Unconsciousness Often Causes a Person