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Psychology

Developmental Psychology

GCSE Psychology

Edexcel

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Retrograde amnesia

Unable to remember events prior the injury

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Anterograde amnesia

Unable to store new information as data doesn’t go from STM to LTM successfully

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Both amnesias can be called

Total/global amnesia

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What happened to Clive wearing

He has permanent amnesia

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What happened to H.M

He underwent an operation for epilepsy and his hippocampus was removed from both sides so therefore he had severe amnesia

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What did they both have in common

They both had a normal STM but just couldn’t transfer info into LTM