In Anterograde amnesia, which memory type can be learned?

• A. Procedural memory
• B. Declarative memory
• C. Episodic memory
• D. Semantic memory

Answer: (A)

Anterograde amnesia primarily disrupts forming new declarative memories—facts and events—while certain nondeclarative, or procedural, learning can still occur. Procedural memory covers skills and habits learned through practice, like riding a bike or typing, and it relies on brain areas such as the basal ganglia and cerebellum rather than the hippocampus. Because the hippocampus is often damaged in this condition, new episodic and semantic memories struggle to form, but motor and other procedural skills can improve with repetition. So, the type that can be learned despite the amnesia is procedural memory.