Forgetting, Memory Disorders, and Neural Plasticity (6B) Practice Test

A 34-year-old patient presents after a traumatic brain injury. She recalls events up to the accident but has patchy memory for the hours immediately preceding it, with otherwise intact new learning in the weeks after recovery. The clinician attributes the pre-accident memory gap to disrupted consolidation rather than malingering. Which finding would be most consistent with this account?

A clinician assesses a patient after carbon monoxide poisoning. The patient shows slowed processing speed and difficulty recalling details from stories after a 20-minute delay, but can recognize story elements when given multiple-choice options. The clinician suspects a retrieval deficit with partial preservation of stored information. Which intervention would be most likely to improve everyday memory functioning based on this profile?