Patient H.M. is to the ________ as patients with Korsakoff's syndrome are to the ________.
A)medial temporal lobes; cerebellum
B)cerebellum; diencephalon
C)diencephalon; medial temporal lobes
D)medial temporal lobes; diencephalon

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Patient H.M. had bilateral medial temporal lobe resection, which caused him to have severe anterograde amnesia, while patients with Korsakoff's syndrome have damage to the diencephalon, specifically the thalamus, which leads to severe retrograde amnesia.

Patient HM