schmolck

Question 1

medial -

Answer 1

the middles of the body as opposed to lateral

Question 2

lateral -

Answer 2

towards the side of

Question 3

bilateral -

Answer 3

2 sides

Question 4

encephalitis -

Answer 4

rare but serious condition that causes inflammation of the brain

Question 5

what were the three conditions of schmolcks patients

Answer 5

MTL
HF
HM had dammage to the hippocampus and surrounding areas

Question 6

Results of task 1-9

Answer 6

Patients with. Damage to the hippocampus were able to name point out and answer questions about objects they were given with accuracy. Also comparable to the control group when asked to give examples of a category

Patients with medial temporal lobe or MTL+ performed less well at this and had difficulty giving examples. Found it most difficult to identify and recall facts about living object comparable to non living

HM performed worst among the patients

Question 7

results of task 10-13

Answer 7

when MTL patients were asked if an object was real or not all patients performed well but one made 8 errors
all MTL scored well on colouring tasks

pyramid and tree, the MTL scored either below the required 90% accuracy or below the control group
MTL were able to produce regular verbs but performed less well at producing irregular verbs and plurals in contrast

HM performed well on both tasks suggesting that the difficulty with irregular items is associated with anterlaterol temporal cortex damage

Question 8

What was the aim of schmolcks

Answer 8

To investigate whether the effects of specific brain damage on semantic memory and compare to controls

Determine whether HM was a unique case

Question 9

What was the procedure of schmolcks

Answer 9

1-9- 
9 tests over 5 sessions had to identify sort and define line drawings 
24 animals and objects 
10-13-
Asked whether or not objects were real

Question 10

How many participants were there

Answer 10

14 altogether 
8 controls
3 had MTL+ 
2 had HF 
OTher was HM

Question 11

What was the conclusion of Schmolcks

Answer 11

Hippocampus is not involved in semantic knowledge
Damage to anterolateral cortex leading to a blurring or overlap of knowledge
Semantic knowledge is associated with ATL
HM was unique due to the large number of grammatical errors

Question 12

Evaluation of schmolcks

Answer 12

Case studies are rare and small in number which limits the generalisability
Individual differences may account for the variation
Cannot establish relationships between injury and results
Lacks ecological validity and mundane realism as was conducted in a lab so can’t be applied to everyday life