A police officer is shot in a gun battle with bank robbers.Although emergency brain surgery saves his life,it leaves him unable to store new information.The officer's family is applying to the province for compensation for his injuries.When asked to provide a diagnosis of the difficulties he suffers,what will they write?
A)dissociative amnesia
B)anterograde amnesia
C)retrograde amnesia
D)infantile amnesia

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Anterograde amnesia refers to the inability to form new memories after an injury or medical condition. In this case, the police officer is unable to store new information after the brain surgery, which is consistent with anterograde amnesia. Dissociative amnesia, retrograde amnesia, and infantile amnesia do not accurately describe the officer's condition.

A Police Officer Is Shot in a Gun Battle with Bank