Schmolck et al. (2002)
Schmolck et al. (2002)
Real World
Schmolck et al. tested patients on tasks like matching words to pictures and sorting items into categories. Patients with damage extending beyond the hippocampus into surrounding temporal cortex made bizarre errors, such as calling a zebra a dog, showing severe semantic breakdown.
Exam Focus
Emphasise that Schmolck et al. compared lesion size — the key finding is that extent of damage predicts severity of semantic impairment.
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