Patient H.M. has the ability to acquire some new knowledge, although this ability is limited to:
A) episodic memories
B) semantic memories
C) motor skills
D) overall spatial memory

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Patient H.M., who had his medial temporal lobes removed to control seizures, was unable to form new episodic or semantic memories (anterograde amnesia) but could learn new motor skills, demonstrating that different types of memory are processed in different parts of the brain.

Patient HM