The up-the-nose case of N.A. had a major impact on theories of amnesia because
A) he died soon after his accident, and this enabled his physician to perform a postmortem examination of his hippocampus.
B) a CT scan revealed the full extent of his lesion in the hippocampus.
C) the foil penetrated the CA1 subfield of the hippocampus.
D) by chance, his hippocampal lesion was bilaterally symmetrical.
E) none of the above
Question 2
With respect to the study of amnesia, R.B. is to the pyramidal cell layer of the hippocampus as
A) N.A. is to the medial dorsal nucleus of the hippocampus.
B) N.A. is to the medial diencephalon.
C) R.M. is to the medial diencephalon.
D) aspirations are to infarcts.
E) H.M. is to the medial diencephalon.
Teres Major & Teres Minor
James A. Garfield lies mortally wounded. After failing to locate the bullet, surgeons called in Alex
Elephant Nose Fish
Major Events in the History of Psychology (3 of 6)
Notice the reddish-brown haze caused by nitrogen oxides that is often over many major cities.
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