anterograde amnesia

• Trastorno médico caracterizado por la incapacidad de formar nuevos recuerdos después del evento que causó la amnesia, mientras que los recuerdos a largo plazo anteriores al evento permanecen intactos.

A medical condition characterized by the inability to form new memories after the event that caused the amnesia, while long-term memories from before the event remain intact.

1. Inability to form new memoriesC1formal

   A condition where a person cannot create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia, while long-term memories from before the event remain intact.

   Amnesia anterógrada

   • After the accident, he suffered from anterograde amnesia and could not remember new people he met.
   • The patient with anterograde amnesia could recall his childhood but not what he had for breakfast.
   • Anterograde amnesia is often depicted in movies, like in the film 'Memento'.