The inability to assimilate or retain new knowledge is known as
A) anterograde amnesia.
B) retrograde amnesia.
C) the primacy effect.
D) the serial effect.

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Anterograde amnesia is a condition in which a person is unable to form or retain new memories. It is different from retrograde amnesia, which is the loss of memories from the past. The primacy effect refers to the tendency to remember the first items in a list, and the serial effect refers to the tendency to remember items at the beginning and end of a list. These concepts are not related to the inability to assimilate or retain new knowledge.

The Inability to Assimilate or Retain New Knowledge Is Known