Differentiate Between Anterograde Amnesia and Retrograde Amnesia

Multiple Choice

Differentiate between anterograde amnesia and retrograde amnesia.

A) Anterograde amnesia occurs when an individual cannot encode new memories. Retrograde amnesia occurs when older details are lost but newer ones are remembered.
B) Anterograde amnesia is the inability of adults to remember events from their young childhood. Retrograde amnesia is the inability of children to remember fairly recent events.
C) Anterograde amnesia occurs due to damage to the hippocampus. Retrograde amnesia occurs due to damage to the frontal lobe.
D) Anterograde amnesia occurs due to a physical trauma to the brain. Retrograde amnesia occurs due to the influence of a prenatal teratogen.