Psychology 2220A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Anterograde Amnesia, Retrograde Amnesia, Henry Molaison
6 Apr 2016
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Memory is in my opinion what makes life worth perusing. We could not progress as we do without remembering people. Events information, and be able to discuss with others from out experiences. You would be trapped in a perpetual present. Memory research is closely tied to information discovered from h. m. Henry gustav molaison (february 26, 1926 - december 2, 2008), known widely as h. m. , was an. American memory disorder patient who had a bilateral medial temporal lobectomy to surgically remove the anterior two thirds of his hippocampi, parahippocampal cortices, entorhinal cortices, piriform cortices, and amygdalae in an attempt to cure his epilepsy. H. m. was an epileptic who had his temporal lobes removed in 1952. His seizures were dramatically reduced - but so was his long-term memory. H. m. experience both mild retrograde amnesia and severe anterograde amnesia. The portions of the medial temporal lobes that were removed from.
