PSYC 2330 Study Guide - Final Guide: Nmda Receptor
13 Dec 2015
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Henry m. had a bicycle accident and was unconscious for 5 mins. 3 years later he began to have minor seizures. By 21, he would have 10 minor attacks per day and 1 major per week. In 1953, dr. scoville performed a bilateral medical temporal lobe resection, and henry received a removal of the hippocampus. Seizure activity was greatly reduced but he developed a major loss of memory capacity. Lived with his family for a while but then transferred in a nursing home. H. m. memory disorder was selective (selective memory deficit) in five important ways. Higher-order perceptual, motor, and cognitive functions not affected. He scored 0 on tests that assesses the persistence of his memory for stories, lists of words and numbers, pictures, or any of a large range of other material. Anterograde amnesia loss the capacity for new learning a. b. c. a. The span of short-term memory was normal, but devastated by delays.
