Samuel has recently been in a car accident and is having trouble remembering the events that led up to it. this is a common phenomenon that is known as retrograde amnesia, which occurs after accidents that involve head trauma. what parts of samuel's brain do you think were most affected by the accident?

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Anastasia Christensen

14 March, 14:27

Samuel has recently been in a car accident and is having trouble remembering the events that led up to it. this is a common phenomenon that is known as retrograde amnesia, which occurs after accidents that involve head trauma. what parts of samuel's brain do you think were most affected by the accident?

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Kenny Odom · Answer 1

The part of samuel brain that is the most affected by the accident is the hippocampus

Retrogade amnesia is a condiiton that make someone unable to remember the chains of events that lead to the injury.

This condition often caused by the damage in part of brain that had the capability to store short-term memory, which is the function of the hippocampus.

Deangelo Fox · Answer 2

The part of the brain that Samuel is mostly affected by the accident is the hippocampus. The hippocampus is responsible of producing emotions of an individual and in the same way, they are also responsible of memories, mainly long term memory in which if he has retrograde amnesia, he will have difficulty in making new memories and even recalling things in his past.