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Recollection includes content that is supported by the _______ memory system.

_______ memory tasks require that the subject make a judgment about whether something has previously occurred.

Consolidation refers to the process of converting strong memories in to weak ones.

As information is carried forward to the hippocampus it becomes more _______ and integrated.

Amnesia is always due to a storage failure.

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.