Mr. Jones hits his head on the windshield in an auto accident and cannot recall any of the events that led up to the accident. What is this memory problem called?
A) traumatic amnesia
B) repression
C) anterograde amnesia
D) retrograde amnesia

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Retrograde amnesia is a loss of memory-access to events that occurred or information that was learned before an injury or the onset of a disease. In Mr. Jones's case, his inability to recall events leading up to the accident is indicative of retrograde amnesia.

Mr Jones Hits His Head on the Windshield in an Auto