Impaired new learning without global cognitive deficits describes which condition?

• A. Amnestic disorder
• B. Fund of knowledge
• C. Vocabulary
• D. Constructional ability

Answer: (A)

Impaired learning of new information with preserved overall cognition points to a memory-specific problem. In an amnestic disorder, encoding or consolidation of new material is disrupted, so the person struggles to learn and remember recently presented information, while other cognitive domains such as language, attention, problem-solving, and visuospatial skills stay largely intact. This pattern fits a disturbance in memory formation—often linked to hippocampal or medial temporal lobe dysfunction—rather than problems with language (vocabulary), general knowledge (fund of knowledge), or constructional/visuospatial abilities. So the scenario reflects an amnestic disorder rather than issues with those other areas.