The most striking impairment suffered by henry molaison (patient h.m.) was anterograde amnesia
- Anterograde amnesia is a type of memory loss in which you are unable to form new memories. In the most severe cases, this means you will never be able to learn or retain new information. This type of memory loss is uncommon on its own. Anterograde amnesia is frequently transient.
- Doctors do know that the median temporal lobe system is important for short-term memory and anterograde amnesia.
- This region of the brain is made up of the hippocampus, mammillary bodies, and fornix. Anterograde amnesia appears to be caused primarily by hippocampus damage.
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