An Alcoholic Has Memory Problems, but an FMRI Shows No

question 116

Multiple Choice

An alcoholic has memory problems, but an fMRI shows no damage to the medial temporal lobes. When asked if the patient remembers hitting his head, he says that it happened when he was on a shuttle mission to Jupiter. This person probably has damage in the

• A) basal frontal lobes.
• B) mammillary bodies.
• C) dorsomedial thalamus.
• D) All of the above

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