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semantic memory |
structured record of facts, concepts, skills general knowledge about the world, without any autobiographical content |
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episodic memory |
memory for personally experienced events that occurred in a particular place at a specific time includes specific and general events, personal facts, etc |
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autobiographical memory |
combination of episodic memory and semantic memory |
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What was removed from H.M.'s brain? What did it lead to? |
surgical removal of bilateral medial temporal lobe (MTL) led to severe anterograde amnesia, i.e., inability to form new declarative memories |
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What does the lesion evidence from H.M. suggest? |
the hippocampus and surrounding medial temporal lobe (MTL) areas are important for the formation of new declarative memories |
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What part of H.M.'s memory stayed intact? |
working memory and implicit memory |
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retrograde amnesia |
loss of access to memories of events that occurred/information previously learned. Usually graded, with very recent memories most affected |
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anterograde amnesia |
loss of ability to create new memories |
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lesion data + neuroimaging data provide what converging evidence? |
medial temporal lobe (MTL) is important for explicit memory basal ganglia (BG) is important for implicit memory |
