“…They have consistently been shown to induce a transient anterograde amnesia that lasts a few hours Bishop & Curran, 1995;Curran et al, 1993;Danion, 1994;Danion et al, 1989Danion et al, , 1992Danion et al, , 1993File et al, 1992aFile et al, , 1992bLegrand et al, 1995;Pompéia et al, 1996;Vidailhet et al, 1996;Weingartner et al, 1993). All these studies examining the effects of benzodiazepines on memory have focused on the amount of information retained or retrieved.…”