Chapter Objectives

After studying the materials in this chapter, you should:

Know the categorizations of memory along different dimensions.

Know the components of memory.

Understand HM's impairments and the implications of his surgery on our knowledge of the brain and memory.

Understand the role of the medial temporal cortex in memory.

Know what diencephalic amnesia is, how it is caused, and what symptoms it presents.

Understand how damage to different structures affects different steps of the memory process.

Know what types of activities are spared in an amnesic.

Gain a better understanding of the concept of working memory.

Understand the research revolving around neural substrates of long-term memory.

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