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Scoville and Milner (1957) [CASE OF HM] Flashcards

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What happened to HM that made HM special

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HM had seizures,
Doctors operated on HM to try to stop seizures by removing tissue in the temporal lobe including the hippocampus.

stopped seizures but HM developed partial retrograde amnesia and full anterograde amnesia

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What was the type of study for Scoville and Milner?

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Case study
- Used interviews
- tests
- observations

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How did they localize the hippocampus

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By using the memories of H.M. they were able to localize the hippocampus

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