Patients with anterograde amnesia were taught to solve the Tower of Hanoi puzzle. It was later found that they __________.
A) remembered solving the puzzle and could do so again
B) didn't remember the puzzle and couldn't solve it
C) remembered solving the puzzle but couldn't do it again
D) didn't remember solving the puzzle but could do it again

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Patients with anterograde amnesia often retain the ability to learn and improve at procedural tasks, such as solving puzzles, despite not remembering the learning sessions themselves. This is because procedural memory, responsible for knowing how to do things, is stored differently from declarative memory, which involves facts and events.

Patients with Anterograde Amnesia Were Taught to Solve the Tower