Although atypical,cortical damage similar to that of H.M.often produces better memory for childhood events than for the events of yesterday.

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H.M. (Henry Molaison) had his hippocampi removed, which are crucial for forming new memories. This surgery left him with severe anterograde amnesia, meaning he could not form new memories well but could still remember many events from before the surgery. Cortical damage typically affects different aspects of memory and cognition depending on the location and extent of the damage, but the specific memory impairments seen in H.M. are more closely related to hippocampal damage than to cortical damage.

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