Robust habit learning in the absence of awareness and independent of the medial temporal lobe
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Two patients with large medial temporal lobe lesions and no capacity for declarative memory were tested to reveal that humans have a robust capacity for gradual trial-and-error learning that operates outside awareness for what is learned and independently of the medial temporal lobe. The findings suggest directly the existence of a robust capacity for habit learning that could operate outside awareness and independently of declarative memory.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2005
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Looking for hidden signs of consciousness
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Questions are raised about the possibility of detecting and measuring consciousness in brain-injured patients. Relevant tests are not proving effective on vegetative-state patients, who do not reveal brain activity compatible with consciousness.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2007
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