Tag: cognition
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Patient H.M. – PBL Case
In 1953 Henry Molaison, who later became known as patient H.M., underwent an experimental type of neurosurgery in Hartford, Connecticut. The reason for this was that he had suffered from seizures since adolescence and these seizures had become more severe now that he was in his late 20s. Henry recovered quite well from the surgery…
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Multitasking – PBL Case
Our own experience from daily life as well as studies from Cognitive Psychology tell us that some tasks can be done simultaneously without a decrease of performance in either of the two. For other tasks this is difficult or impossible to do them simultaneously. For example, the simultaneous production of different motor responses with both…