The Case of Patient HM Quiz

What part of Henry Molaison's brain was removed in the experimental procedure?

• Parietal lobe

• Occipital lobe

• Medial temporal lobe

• Frontal lobe

Who was the surgeon who performed the experimental brain surgery on Henry Molaison?

• William Scoville

• Brenda Milner

• Thomas Mooney

• Susanne Corkins

What type of amnesia did Henry Molaison experience after the surgery?

• Procedural amnesia

• Retrograde amnesia

• Anterograde amnesia

• Semantic amnesia

Which researcher spent three decades studying Henry Molaison's brain?

• Thomas Mooney

• William Scoville

• Brenda Milner

• Susanne Corkins

What type of memory system is limited to specific brain structures such as the hippocampus and adjacent cortices?

• Declarative memory

• Episodic memory

• Non-declarative memory

• Semantic memory

Which part of the brain is responsible for non-declarative memory?

• Neocortex

• Basal ganglia

• Amygdala

• Cerebellum

Who became Henry Molaison's conservator in 1992?

• Thomas Mooney

• Susanne Corkins

• Brenda Milner

• William Scoville

What did Susanne Corkins claim ownership of after Henry Molaison's death?

• All of the above

• All of his belongings

• His family pictures

• His brain

What did Susanne Corkins feel when she saw Henry Molaison's brain after it was removed?

• Joy

• Empathy

• Sadness

• Nothing at all

What did Henry Molaison remark when he looked in the mirror many years later?

• I'm not a human

• I'm not a man

• I'm not a person

• I'm not a boy