In the material, memory loss from drinking is referred to as which?

• A. Blanking Out
• B. Blacking Out
• C. Fading Memory
• D. Memory Lapse

Answer: (B)

The concept is that alcohol can prevent the brain from forming new memories while you’re drinking. When blood alcohol levels are high, the hippocampus has trouble encoding experiences into long-term memory, so you end up with gaps or complete blackouts of what happened. The material uses the term blacking out to describe this exact phenomenon—being conscious and able to function at the moment, but later not remembering those events. Other phrases like blanking out or memory lapse aren’t the standard label in this context, and fading memory isn’t the term the material uses. So, the memory loss from drinking is best described as blacking out.