Word: hm
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Damage to any one of these regions has an effect on the corresponding form of memory. A much studied patient known as HM, for example, lost much of his hippocampus in the course of surgery to relieve severe epilepsy. As a result, he could remember everything that happened to him before the surgery, but he was completely unable to form new memories. He was stuck forever in the 1950s. Yet HM was able to learn new skills, such as drawing while looking in a mirror...
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