cognitive studies

Question 1

what is the aim of schmolck

Answer 1

look at relationship between temporal lobe damage and semantic memory

Question 2

what is the sample of schmolck

Answer 2

6 participants with amnesia
3 MTL damage
2 MTL+ damage
HM
matched with 8 controls matched on sex education and age

Question 3

what is the method of schmolck

Answer 3

13 semantic battery tests including naming objects catergorise living and non living objects
tasks 10-13 made by schmolck include pyramid and palms all ps did all but HM didnt do 10-13

Question 4

what is the results of schmolck

Answer 4

HM did worse overall
MTL+ performed worse than MTL
MTL+ scored 50% accuracy on living and non living and MTL scored 62% accuracy

Question 5

what is the conclusion of schmolck

Answer 5

MTL and surrounding areas are involved in semantic memory

Question 6

what are the strenghts of schmolck

Answer 6

• reliable as tasks are kept the same for everyone
• useful to know how damage to certain parts of the brain will affect memory
• matched on education more valid as can check results are memory level not just existing education knowledge

Question 7

what are the weaknesses of schmolck

Answer 7

• small sample of 6 OTOH can justify as specific brain damage is being looked at so hard to gather large sample
• cant give informed consent
• low in mundane realism