Patient H.M. had his hippocampus removed and is unable to benefit from learning. Yet, with movement skills, he begins practice each later day at a higher level than he began the previous day. H.M. shows

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Patient H.M.'s ability to improve his movement skills despite being unable to benefit from learning indicates implicit memory, which refers to unconscious memory that is not dependent on the hippocampus.

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