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Amnesic patients can remember verbal material if they are tested with a method of partial information. The present experiments show that such retention depends more on the method of retrieval than on the method of acquisition. It is suggested here that long-term memory can be demonstrated in the patients if methods are used that eliminate incorrect and interfering responses.
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WARRINGTON, E., WEISKRANTZ, L. Amnesic Syndrome: Consolidation or Retrieval?. Nature 228, 628–630 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228628a0
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