Because of an earlier viral infection in his nervous system, Clive Wearing suffers from ________, or the inability to access memories formed prior to damage to the brain. He also struggles with ________, the inability to create new memories following damage to the brain.
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Clive Wearing has profound memory impairment as a result of encephalitis. Because of this damage, he is largely incapable of ________ new information, which represent the basic processes of our memory systems.
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Clive Wearing’s short- and long-term memory are severely impaired. However, it is likely that his sensory memory is functioning, as he seems to be able to register sensory stimuli in this first stage of:
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Following his bout with encephalitis, Clive Wearing could not remember what was happening from one moment to the next, yet he could still play the piano. The ability to carry out this complex skill without conscious control or attention suggests that Clive’s ________ memory was not destroyed by the encephalitis.
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Clive’s ability to form explicit memories is profoundly compromised. This is consistent with the damage to his ________, which plays a central role in laying down new memories.
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