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People with prefrontal cortex damage, including patients with Korsakoff's syndrome, frequently display which of the following memory problems?

A) severe retrograde amnesia but normal ability to learn new information
B) confabulation--a tendency to answer with out-of-date information
C) severe loss of implicit memories
D) normal memory about personal affairs but severely impaired memory about the outside world

Prefrontal Cortex

The front part of the frontal lobes of the brain, involved in decision making, problem-solving, control of purposeful behaviors, consciousness, and emotions.

Korsakoff's Syndrome

A chronic memory disorder caused by severe deficiency of thiamine (vitamin B1), most often associated with prolonged alcoholism.

Confabulation

The creation of altered, false, or misrepresented recollections about one's own life or the world, without the deliberate aim to mislead.

  • Elucidate the idea of confabulation and how it connects to disorders of memory.
  • Identify the signs and memory issues linked to Korsakoff's syndrome.
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