Title: Describe the major memory deficits suffered by patient H.M. following bilateral temporal lobectomy. ... Post by: chillywilly4242 on Jan 19, 2018 Describe the major memory deficits suffered by patient H.M. following bilateral temporal lobectomy. Describe two specific abilities that were spared in Patient H.M.
What will be an ideal response? Title: Describe the major memory deficits suffered by patient H.M. following bilateral temporal lobectomy. ... Post by: tyergler on Jan 19, 2018 Answer: Surgeons removed portions of the medial temporal lobe in Patient H.M. in 1953 in order to treat his epilepsy. H.M. shows a severe case of anterograde amnesiahe is unable to learn new information, but can recall information he learned prior to the surgery. Subsequent research suggests that the anterograde amnesia reflects bilateral damage to the hippocampus. No impairments are noted in him for perceptual memory, motor memory, or sensory-motor memory.
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