What Have Psychologists Learned About Memory from Their Studies of the Patient

question 71

Multiple Choice

What have psychologists learned about memory from their studies of the patient H.M.?

• A) Removal of the hippocampus improves memory.
• B) Epilepsy causes severe retrograde amnesia.
• C) It is possible to form new long-term memories even after losing all ability to form short-term memories.
• D) It is possible to form procedural memories even with severe impairments in declarative memory.

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