Thanks so much guys as I read this article a good while back but couldn't remember the source. It was a more lay version of this article in a style one would expect in a magazine like Psychology Today. It was really fascinating and a bit amusing in a intriguing kind of way. It I was giving it to Psy 101 students, I would try and locate this other version. Classic example of procedural memory staying in tact but all semantic memory capability gone.
Joan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Annette asked: > >>> I have heard that HM has learned to play golf but has no conscious >> awareness of it. Is this a true anecdote or what Susan Clancy calls an >> "Irish Fact"--something that should be but isn't. Does anyone on the >> list know? >> > > Hey Annette: > > True anecdote but wrong initials. Try MT, not HM. > > I think the source must be this: > > Schacter DL. (1983). Amnesia observed: remembering and forgetting in a > natural environment.. J Abnorm Psychol. 1983 May;92(2):236-42. > > The listing in Pubmed doesn't include an abstract. A brief description is > given at > http://ahsmail.uwaterloo.ca/kin356/episodic/LifewithoutEP.htm > > Stephen > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. > Department of Psychology > Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 2600 College St. > Sherbrooke QC J1M 0C8 > Canada > > Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy > TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at > http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > To make changes to your subscription go to: > http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english > > > --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
