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bclement10

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Your book discusses the memory functioning of patient H.M. who underwent brain surgery to relieve severe epileptic seizures. H.M.'s case has been extremely informative to psychologists by demonstrating that
 
  a. LTM can operate normally while STM is impaired.
  b. impairment of one memory system (LTM or STM) necessarily leads to deficits in the functioning of the other.
  c. a double dissociation exists for STM and LTM.
  d. STM can operate normally while LTM is impaired.

Question 2

The dramatic case of patient H.M. clearly illustrates that is crucial for the formation of LTMs.
 
  a. the hippocampus
  b. synaptic consolidation
  c. vitamin B1
  d. deep processing


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meganmoser117

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Reply #1 on: Jun 20, 2018
Answer to Question 1

d

Answer to Question 2

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bclement10

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Reply 2 on: Jun 20, 2018
YES! Correct, THANKS for helping me on my review

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:D TYSM

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