Compare and contrast the skills that Henry Molaison lost versus those he still had intact after surgery.
What will be an ideal response?
In 1953, surgeons removed portions of Henry Molaison's medial temporal lobes to treat his epilepsy. Afterward, he showed a severe case of anterograde amnesia-he was unable to learn new information, but could recall information he learned prior to the surgery. Subsequent research suggests that the anterograde amnesia reflects bilateral damage to the hippocampus. No impairments were noted in his perceptual memory, motor memory, or sensory-motor memory. These findings suggested that memory was not located in the hippocampus and, instead, many brain areas play a role in memory and its functions.
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A. longitudinal B. experimental C. correlational D. cross-sectional
The attributes associated with the development of the organs and structures of the body that directly relate to reproduction are called __________.
A. secular trends B. pubertal indicators C. secondary sex characteristics D. primary sex characteristics
The basic arousal states are ____
a. aroused, relaxed, and ready b. sleep and wakefulness c. anger, joy, contentment, and pain d. pleasant and unpleasant
Frederic Bartlett's research on memory demonstrated that people tend to remember:
A) what actually happened instead of what should have happened. B) what should have happened instead of what actually happened. C) nonsense syllables with more accuracy than meaningful words. D) meaningful words with more accuracy than nonsense syllables.