Psychology 2220A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Temporal Lobe, Anterograde Amnesia, Retrograde Amnesia
28 Mar 2016
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Learning: deals with how experiences change the brain. Memory: how these changes are stored and subsequentially reactivated. Without memory we could not process as we do without remembering people, events, information and be able to discuss with others from our experiences. Had a bilateral medial temporal lobotomy including most of his amygdala, hippocampus and adjacent cortices in an attempt to cure epilepsy. His iq actually increased (presumably from the reduction of seizures) Hm was the last person to receive this operation due to the amnesic effects. Hm experienced both mild retrograde amnesia (amnesia before the injury) and severe anterograde amnesia (amnesia after the injury) Most of his memory for events from his childhood and past were intact, except the 2 years prior to the accident. But, his anterograde amnesia was so severe that he completely lost the ability to form new long- term memories basically if he wasn"t thinking about it, it was lost forever.
