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Long-term memories are more vulnerable to disruption than short-term memories.

The patient in Claparède’s experiment could not remember that Claparède stuck him with a pin but would not shake hands.

The brain has specialized systems to store the different kind of memories, but the content of our experience does not matter to the brain.

The patient in Claparède’s experiment could remember that Claparède stuck him with a pin but would still shake hands.

Patients with selective damage to the hippocampus that was sustained in early childhood had impaired cognitive function and severe amnesia.

Henry Molaison could learn and retain the skills needed to perform the _______ and rotary-pursuit tasks.

Viral vectors are used to deliver drugs to specific regions in the brain.

Damage to the hippocampus or the amygdala did not impair performance on the DNMS task.

Amnesia for events experienced prior to the blow to the head that caused it is an example of _______ amnesia.

When investigating a drug or some other manipulation that is hypothesized to strengthen a memory trace, researchers should use lower-intensity shock to avoid the _______ effect.