Various types of brain damage, such as Alzheimer’s disease, can disrupt the capacity to form new long-term memories. (The movie 50 First Dates revolves around a woman like this, whose suitor had to...

Various types of brain damage, such as Alzheimer’s disease, can disrupt the capacity to form new long-term memories. (The movie 50 First Dates revolves around a woman like this, whose suitor had to try to win her afresh every day!) Imagine that your capacity to form new long-term memories was gone. What would be the most important effects? How would it affect your schooling or job? What about personal relationships? Daily tasks like running errands? Would you rather lose new episodic memories or semantic memories?