Anterograde Amnesia
What is Anterograde Amnesia?
It is the loss of memory from one point foreward. It is called anterograde or post-traumatic amnesia (PTA) following traumatic brain injury.
If both the hippocampus(converts new information into long term memory) and amygdala(one of four ganglia in cerebral hemisphere and a part of the limbic system) are damaged, consolidated memories are not lost, but new sensory input cannot be associated with old ones.
A person lives in the moment. They don't remember what happened 10 seconds ago.
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