Patient H.M.suffered from seizures and 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. could not form new explicit memories (declarative memory) due to the removal of parts of his medial temporal lobes, including the hippocampus, which are crucial for this type of memory formation. However, his ability to form new implicit memories (procedural memory) remained intact.

Patient HM