Patient H.M.suffered from seizures, so he had part of his medial temporal lobes removed.As a result, he could no longer
A)remember his past.
B)form new implicit memories.
C)form new explicit memories.
D)remember anything at all.

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Patient H.M. was unable to form new explicit memories after the removal of part of his medial temporal lobes, which includes the hippocampus, a crucial region for the formation of new explicit memories. However, he was still able to form new implicit memories. He also had retrograde amnesia, which affected his ability to remember his past experiences.

Patient HM