MEM-001Memory & identity
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MEM-001 / 8 MIN
The man who could not make tomorrow
1953. A 27-year-old man undergoes experimental bilateral surgery for severe, drug-resistant epilepsy. The seizures improve, but an unexpected and highly selective change follows.
Learning objectives
- Distinguish declarative from procedural learning
- Relate medial temporal structures to memory formation
- Avoid the myth of a single memory center