Patient HM underwent a bilateral medial temporal lobectomy to treat severe epilepsy. Following the procedure, his short-term memory (STM) remained intact, and he could acquire new motor skills, but he was entirely unable to form new semantic or episodic long-term memories (LTM).
Evaluate the use of unique case studies of brain-damaged individuals in cognitive psychology, making reference to cases such as Patient HM.
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