New Learning of Music after Bilateral Medial Temporal Lobe Damage: Evidence from an Amnesic Patient

Damage to the hippocampus impairs the ability to acquire new declarative memories, but not the ability to learn simple motor tasks. An unresolved question is whether hippocampal damage affects learning for music performance, which requires motor processes, but in a cognitively complex context. We st...

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Main Authors: Jussi eValtonen, Emma eGregory, Barbara eLandau, Michael eMcCloskey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2014.00694/full