... suggests that the prefrontal cortex (PFC) plays a role in the management of memory and certain actions based on memory. Moreover, that the PFC plays a role in verifying whether a memory is true or false which is demonstrated by 'confabulation' when this region is damaged. According to Moscovitch (1994), the role of the PFC is one of 'working-with-memory'. Now, to consider the next region of the brain implicated in learning and memory, namely the medial temporal lobe. This text will address a common example in this area known as patient HM. HM had a significant amount of his medial temporal lobe removed during an operation, including the hippocampus and the amygdala to alleviate the symptoms of epilepsy. Consequently, HM suffered from retrograde and anterograde amnesia (although the retrograde amnesia subsided). It was shown through studies by Baddeley (1997), that when asked to repeat a list of seven digits, he could ...

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