OCR GCSE Psychology · J203
Paper 2
Revise: The Brain, Memory and Neurological DamageDamage to the hippocampus can cause anterograde amnesia: difficulty forming new long-term memories after the damage occurs. A person may still hold information briefly and take part in a short conversation. Once their attention moves elsewhere, however, they may have no lasting memory of that conversation.
- Revise: Wilson, Kopelman and Kapur (2008): The Clive Wearing Study
An inability to form new long-term memories after the onset of an illness or injury.