Author Question: An MRI of N.A.'s brain later revealed A) extensive medial diencephalic damage. B) selective ... (Read 35 times)

bobbysung · **on:** Jun 22, 2018

An MRI of N.A.'s brain later revealed

A) extensive medial diencephalic damage.
B) selective damage to the mammillary bodies.
C) selective damage to the mediodorsal nuclei.
D) total destruction of the thalamus.
E) deficits in forming new explicit memories.

Question 2

It is difficult to differentiate between anterograde and retrograde amnesia in Korsakoff patients because

A) the damage associated with Korsakoff's syndrome is diffuse.
B) the damage associated with Korsakoff's syndrome is not diffuse.
C) Korsakoff's syndrome has a gradual onset.
D) the anterograde deficits are so much milder than the retrograde deficits.
E) the retrograde deficits are so much milder than the anterograde deficits.