From studies of other human patients with similar kinds of brain damage, it is clear that the memory impairments experienced by H.M. are highly unusual.

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Studies of other human patients with similar kinds of brain damage have shown that the memory impairments experienced by H.M. are not highly unusual but rather consistent with the effects of medial temporal lobe damage on memory. H.M.'s case has been instrumental in understanding the role of the hippocampus and adjacent structures in memory formation.

From Studies of Other Human Patients with Similar Kinds of Brain