Author: Rosenbaum R. S. Carson N. Abraham N. Bowles B. Kwan D. Köhler S. Svoboda E. Levine B. Richards B.
Publisher: Routledge Ltd
ISSN: 1355-4794
Source: Neurocase, Vol.17, Iss.5, 2011-10, pp. : 394-409
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Abstract
A current debate in the literature is whether all declarative memories and associated memory processes rely on the same neural substrate. Here, we show that H.C., a developmental amnesic person with selective bilateral hippocampal volume loss, has a mild deficit in personal episodic memory, and a more pronounced deficit in public event memory; semantic memory for personal and general knowledge was unimpaired. This was accompanied by a subtle difference in impairment between recollection and familiarity on lab-based tests of recognition memory. Strikingly, H.C.'s recognition did not benefit from a levels-of-processing manipulation. Thus, not all types of declarative memory and related processes can exist independently of the hippocampus even if it is damaged early in life.
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