Many years after H. M.'s surgery, he surprised his doctors by demonstrating that he had acquired:

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H.M. was able to acquire new semantic knowledge despite his inability to form new episodic memories following his surgery. Semantic memory involves facts and general knowledge about the world, which H.M. could learn and retain even though he could not remember personal experiences or form new explicit memories.

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