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anterograde memory

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anterograde memory,
the ability to recall events in the distant past but not recent occurrences. Compare anterograde amnesia.


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Other forms of memory commonly affected include deficits in anterograde memory (difficulty in storing and retrieving new information), prospective memory (ability to remember to do something in the future) and the elements of memory involved in explicit, effortful learning (e.
Korsakoff's syndrome is characterized by profound remote and anterograde memory impairment (Fama, Marsh, Sullivan, 2004).
 
 
 
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