Patient H.M. by Luke Dittrich

1. Who is Patient H.M.?

A) John Doe
B) Albert Einstein
C) Henry Molaison
D) Sigmund Freud

2. What was the primary reason for H.M.'s surgery?

A) Brain tumor
B) Memory loss
C) Alzheimer's disease
D) Severe epilepsy

3. What part of H.M.'s brain was primarily removed during surgery?

A) Cerebellum
B) Hippocampus
C) Frontal lobe
D) Temporal lobe

4. What type of amnesia did H.M. develop after his surgery?

A) Anterograde amnesia
B) Retrograde amnesia
C) Total amnesia
D) Transient amnesia

5. Which researcher is most famously associated with studying H.M.?

A) Carl Rogers
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Brenda Milner
D) Oliver Sacks

6. What year did H.M. undergo his neurosurgery?

A) 1960
B) 1975
C) 1949
D) 1953

7. What was the impact of H.M.'s condition on psychological research?

A) It led to new understandings of memory.
B) It had no significant impact.
C) It rendered earlier studies irrelevant.
D) It confirmed existing theories of memory.

8. In what year did H.M. pass away?

A) 2015
B) 2010
C) 2008
D) 2006

9. What ethical concerns arose from H.M.'s case?

A) Informed consent and research ethics
B) Psychological harm in experiments
C) Family rights in research
D) The legality of neurosurgery

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