Psychogenic amnesia is characterized by:
Correct Answer: Patchy impairment of personal memories
Description: In psychogenic amnesia (or dissociative amnesia), usually memory is lost for events which have some personal significance, whereas memories for neutral events (e.g. national events) is intact. Hence, the memory loss is patchy and mostly for personal memories.
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