Cognitive case studies SET 3

Question 1

Corkin (HM Milner) aim

Answer 1

models of memory and multistore model

to understand the effects of surgery on patient HM milner

Question 2

Corkin (HM Milner) study type

Answer 2

longitudinal case study

using method triangulation including
*psychometric testing like iq
*behaviour observations
*interviews with HM and his family
*cognitive tsting- memory recall and learning
*MRI on brain

Question 3

Corkin (HM Milner) background

Answer 3

HM got hit by car at 7 and had serious head injury.

got epileptic attacks and seizures at 10 to 27 and became incacipated

couldnt recover or be normal and medication didnt work

with permission did experimental surgert and removedtissue from medial temporal lobe and hippocampus on both sides of brain

Question 4

Corkin (HM Milner) effects of surgery

Answer 4

had antergrade amnesia (couldnt make new memories after specific event)

Question 5

Corkin (HM Milner) implication

Answer 5

showed improvements nut never remembered the skill

meory sustems are important to study

st memory not sotred in hippocampus (not same as LT memory)

medial temporal lobe not site of permident storage as he remembered childhood

implicit memories have several storees

diffrent memory areas for procedural emotional and skills

Question 6

Corkin (HM Milner) what new knowkedge could he not form… shows.

Answer 6

couldnt form episodic knowledge and no new semantic knowledge (ab world)

shows tissue from medial temporal lobe and hippocampus are important for memory st to lt

Question 7

Corkin (HM Milner) what could he do

Answer 7

could draw florr plan of new house sp can form congitive map _______diffrent to semantic and epidosid

and workng memory model worked as he can carry out convos

has procedural knowledge as can mow a lawn

Question 8

Corkin (HM Milner) what was the most damaged and what does that show

Answer 8

damage was less than thought but to hippocampus + temporal lobe were the most damaged.

prevents transfering knowledge from short to long term memory as acytlcholine neurotrransmitters are important for this

Question 9

loftus and palmer aim

Answer 9

research method in cognitive, reliabiloty of cognitive processes

to see the role of leadng questions influencing memory of eye witnesses

Question 10

loftus and palmer experiment 1

Answer 10

iv leading verb
dv estimation of speed
45 sstudents in groups of 9
independent sample design

7 traffic accident films shown lenght of 5-30 sec

watched and gave speed estimates and account of accident

leading questions: collided, bumped, smashed, hit contacted OR NO VERB

Question 11

loftus and palmer results experiment 1

Answer 11

p= 0.005

higest estimate is smashed 40.8mph
lowest estimate contacted 31.8mph

Question 12

loftus and palmer experiment 2 procedure

Answer 12

150 students in random conditions
independent (50 smashed, 50 hit 50 none)

shown 1 min flm, shpwing multiple accidents lasting 4 sec

question: descibe accient, speed with critical verb, broken glass yes/no (no broken glass in videos)

Question 13

loftus and palmer experment 2 results

Answer 13

p= 0.025

smashed 10mph

higher estimate of glass in smashed

hit 8mph