What Have Psychologists Learned About Memory from Studies of the Patient

question 160

Multiple Choice

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

• A) It is possible to lose the ability to store new memories, without necessarily losing the ability to recall old memories.
• B) The corpus callosum is particularly important for maintaining communication between the left and right hemispheres of the cortex.
• C) People with amnesia are more likely to lose their procedural memories than to lose their factual memories.
• D) It is possible to form new long-term memories even after losing all ability to form short-term memories.

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