The Up-The-Nose Case of N

question 1

Multiple Choice

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

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