loss of memory for events that occur after the onset of amnesia. Also involves a lack of new learning post-amnesia. For example, an individual who contracts amnesia following a blow to the brain may be able to remember all aspects of information learned prior to the event, but nothing post-event. Compare with retrograde amnesia.
ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA: “An individual with anterograde is unable to learn or remember learning anything following the onset of amnesia.”