hippocampus & encoding

hippocampus & encoding

1. anterograde amnesia

   • amnesia that leaves consolidated memories intact but prevents the storing of new facts
     • impaired explicit memory with no implicit impairment
       • Henry Molaison
         • he had the inability to form new memories after his operation, known as anterograde amnesia, was the result of his loss of hippocampus

2. retrograde amnesia

   • amnesia that disrupts previous memories
     • impaired episodic memory with no semantic memory impairment