Read the information below about a patient who cannot form new long-term memories after surgery to treat severe epilepsy. The patient can still improve at a...

Assessment: Psychology 9218 | Paper 1 Mock 01 | Cognition and behaviour Subject: Psychology - 9218

Question 1 Report

Read the information below about a patient who cannot form new long-term memories after surgery to treat severe epilepsy. The patient can still improve at a mirror-tracing task over several days, although he says each session feels new.

(a) Which type of memory is most likely damaged? [1]
(b) Explain why his mirror-tracing performance can improve. [2]

Answer Details

(a) Episodic memory / declarative memory [1] (b) Mirror tracing uses procedural memory [1]. Procedural memory can remain intact because it depends on different brain systems from the damaged memory system [1].

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