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Famous within psychology,patient HM had parts of his temporal lobes-including his hippocampus-removed to stop incurable and life-threatening epileptic seizures.The surgery was successful;however,patient HM was left with a severe case of anterograde amnesia.Subsequent tests found that his short-term and implicit memory systems were not affected by the surgery.
-(Scenario II) Suppose that researchers attempted to teach a patient with the same condition as HM how to ride a unicycle.Researchers probably would find that the patient would:


A) not learn how to ride unless she previously had been taught this skill during childhood.
B) learn how to ride but at a much slower rate than those without the condition.
C) show learning within a single training session but not across sessions;that is,every session would be like starting over.
D) learn how to ride over time but not remember any of her previous training.

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