Patient X goes to the golf course every Sunday. He encounters the same people on the course every Sunday. Patient X's wife asks him about the people at the golf course and their names. Patient X cannot remember any of their names or faces. In addition, he cannot tell his wife how to get to the golf course or the proximal location of the place. Patient X MOST likely has:

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Anterograde amnesia is the inability to form new memories. The fact that Patient X cannot remember the names or faces of people he sees every Sunday and cannot remember how to get to the place suggests that he is not encoding new memories properly, which is a characteristic feature of anterograde amnesia. Retrograde amnesia refers to the inability to remember old memories, and absentmindedness would not result in the symptoms described. Long-term potentiation refers to the strengthening of synaptic connections and is not a relevant choice in this context.

Patient X Goes to the Golf Course Every Sunday