Hideo suffers major trauma to his head when his car is hit by a speeding 18-wheeler. As a result of his injury, he loses certain memories. He cannot remember the crash itself or the preceding few months of his life, but he can recall memories from before. Hideo's condition is known as?

Respuesta :

Answer:

ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA

Explanation:

Head trauma is any serious injury that causes great distress to the body, often resulting from accidents. It can varies from mild to severe.  

Let look at Hideo’s case

Symptoms include:

 Loses of certain memories

 Inability to remember the incident from the crash and preceding few months of his life.

 Ability to remember childhood memories

From the above information, Hideo is suffering from ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA.

ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA is the inability to form memories for a period of  time after a car accident, leading the individual not to remember a period of time after the traumatic head injury but long term memories( e.g childhood memories) still remains intact.