A person who, following brain surgery, is unable to transfer new information from working memory to long-term memory would most likely __________.
A) fail to recognize members of his family
B) fail to recognize someone he met a few minutes ago
C) forget his name
D) be diagnosed with retrograde amnesia

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The inability to transfer new information from working memory to long-term memory would result in an inability to form new memories. Therefore, a person with this condition would fail to recognize someone they met a few minutes ago, as they cannot create new long-term memories of that encounter.

A Person Who, Following Brain Surgery, Is Unable to Transfer