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"Minetti served in Iraq and was taken prisoner by a militia who subjected him to torture. It was shortly after this that his amnesia attacks began. Psychologists believe that extreme stress and fear can sometimes induce a loss of memory. Thus Minetti's recurrent amnesia is indeed the result of his experience in the prison camp." Valid

          "Minetti served in Iraq and was taken prisoner by a militia who subjected him to torture. It was shortly after this that his amnesia attacks began. Psychologists believe that extreme stress and fear can sometimes induce a loss of memory. Thus Minetti's recurrent amnesia is indeed the result of his experience in the prison camp." 

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"Minetti served in Iraq and was taken prisoner by a militia who subjected him to torture. It was shortly after this that his amnesia attacks began. Psychologists believe that extreme stress and fear can sometimes induce a loss of memory. Thus Minetti's recurrent amnesia is indeed the result of his experience in the prison camp." Valid
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00:01 So for this question, i'll make a little chart.
00:05 So amnesia is a memory disorder that significantly impairs memory function.
00:19 We have two main types, which is enterograde amnesia, which is the inability to form new memories after the onset of amnesia.
00:32 Hence, entero means forward or front...
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