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Forgetting in H.M.: a second look.

D M Freed1, S Corkin, N J Cohen

  • 1Department of Psychology and Clinical Research Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge 02139.

Neuropsychologia
|January 1, 1987
PubMed
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Amnesic patient H.M. showed normal forgetting patterns in recognition memory tasks, challenging the idea that medial temporal lobe damage causes rapid forgetting. His performance was comparable to controls across various delay intervals.

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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Memory Research

Background:

  • The patient H.M. is a key figure in understanding memory due to his profound amnesia following medial temporal lobe resection.
  • Previous research suggested a link between medial temporal lobe pathology and rapid forgetting, impacting memory consolidation and retrieval.