In Shimamura's Studies on Temporal-Lobe Amnesiacs and Korsakoff's Amnesiacs, There

question 45

Multiple Choice

In Shimamura's studies on temporal-lobe amnesiacs and Korsakoff's amnesiacs, there were differences in the pattern of deficits in the two groups.How did the two groups differ with respect to feeling of knowing accuracy?

• A)Temporal-lobe amnesiacs could not make accurate feeling-of-knowing judgments, whereas the Korsakoff's amnesiacs could make accurate feeling-of-knowing judgments.
• B)Temporal-lobe amnesiacs could make accurate feeling-of-knowing judgments, whereas the Korsakoff's amnesiacs could not make accurate feeling-of-knowing judgments.
• C)Temporal-lobe amnesiacs could not make accurate feeling-of-knowing judgments, whereas the Korsakoff's amnesiacs could not make accurate judgments of learning.
• D)Neither group could make accurate feeling-of-knowing judgments.

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