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Patient H.M. was able to perform all of the following tasks quite well EXCEPT
 
  a. mirror drawing.
  b. recognizing broken drawings.
  c. recalling childhood events that occurred prior to the age of 9 years.
  d. consolidating information from short-term memory to long-term memory using rehearsal.
  e. making a classically-conditioned eyeblink response.

Question 2

One striking aspect of H.M.'s memory deficit is that he
 
  a. reversed word order in repeated sentences.
  b. only remembered recent facts.
  c. could learn some new tasks, but is unaware of having learned them.
  d. indicated he remembered things he had never seen.
  e. showed signs of confabulation.



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Moriaki

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: d. consolidating information from short-term memory to long-term memory using rehearsal.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c. could learn some new tasks, but was unaware of having learned them.




arivle123

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Great answer, keep it coming :)


alvinum

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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