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| severe & debilitating seizures (HM began to get these at the age of 16) |
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| In 1953, what part of HM's brain did Scoville take out? |
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| a bilateral resection of HM's medial temporal lobe, extending posteriorly for a distance of 8 cm from the midpoint of the tips of the temporal lobes, with the temporal horns making up the lateral edge of the resection |
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| HM had severe _____ amnesia |
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| HM had partial ______ amnesia |
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| Was HM's procedural memory impaired? |
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| HM exhibited some _____ learning |
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| describe the mirror tracing test |
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1. you need to arrange the mirror so you can view your hand & the star in the mirror, but have cardboard blocking direct view of your hand
2. trace the star pattern, trying to stay inside the double lines; keep the lines continuous (i.e. do not pick up the pencil at any time) |
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| How did HM do when given first name cues of people that became famous after his operation? |
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| How did the name cue test with HM show his semantic learning ability? |
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| the number correct nearly doubled when semantic cues were added |
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| Was HM able to add semantic facts to a good amount of the famous names in the cue test? |
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| What did HM's ability to semantically learn suggest? |
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| parts of semantic learning occur outside of the hippocampus proper |
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