Retrograde amnesia is defined as
A) an inability to retrieve information from one's past.
B) an inability to form new memories.
C) the forward-acting disruptive effect of older learning on the recall of new information.
D) the backward-acting disruptive effect of newer learning on the recall of old information.

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Retrograde amnesia refers to the loss of memories and information from the past, rather than an inability to form new memories (which is known as anterograde amnesia). The other options describe different types of memory interference, but not retrograde amnesia.

Retrograde Amnesia Is Defined as