Retrograde amnesia is a
A) lack of memory for newly learned information that is presented with previously learned information.
B) decreased memory for previously learned information that has decayed over time.
C) lack of memory for events that occurred just before an injury.
D) decrease in the capacity of short-term memory.
E) lack of memory for events that occur immediately following an injury.

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Retrograde amnesia is characterized by a lack of memory for events that occurred just before an injury, affecting the ability to recall information that was known prior to the event that caused the amnesia.

Retrograde Amnesia Is a