The ability of some Alzheimer's patients to learn how to do something despite the fact that they have no conscious recall of learning their new skill best illustrates the need to distinguish between
A) proactive interference and retroactive interference.
B) encoding failure and storage decay.
C) infantile amnesia and source amnesia.
D) explicit memory and implicit memory.

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The scenario described in the question is an example of implicit memory, where the patient is able to learn a new skill but cannot consciously recall learning it. This highlights the need to distinguish between explicit memory (conscious recall of information) and implicit memory (unconscious recall of information). The other options (A, B, and C) are not relevant to the scenario described.

The Ability of Some Alzheimer's Patients to Learn How to Do