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Scenario II
Famous within psychology,patient HM had parts of his temporal lobes-including his hippocampus-removed to stop incurable and life-threatening epileptic seizures.The surgery was successful;however,patient HM was left with a severe case of anterograde amnesia.Subsequent tests found that his short-term and implicit memory systems were not affected by the surgery.
-(Scenario II)Suppose that researchers attempted to teach a patient with the same condition as HM how to ride a unicycle.Researchers probably would find that the patient would:
A)not learn how to ride unless she previously had been taught this skill during childhood.
B)learn how to ride but at a much slower rate than those without the condition.
C)show learning within a single training session but not across sessions;that is,every session would be like starting over.
D)learn how to ride over time but not remember any of her previous training.

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Scenario II
Famous within psychology,patient HM had parts of his temporal lobes-including his hippocampus-removed to stop incurable and life-threatening epileptic seizures.The surgery was successful;however,patient HM was left with a severe case of anterograde amnesia.Subsequent tests found that his short-term and implicit memory systems were not affected by the surgery.
-(Scenario II)Suppose that researchers attempted to teach a patient with the same condition as HM how to ride a unicycle.Researchers probably would find that the patient would:
A)not learn how to ride unless she previously had been taught this skill during childhood.
B)learn how to ride but at a much slower rate than those without the condition.
C)show learning within a single training session but not across sessions;that is,every session would be like starting over.
D)learn how to ride over time but not remember any of her previous training.

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The patient would be able to learn how to ride over time due to intact implicit memory systems, but would not remember the training sessions because of the severe anterograde amnesia affecting the ability to form new explicit memories.

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