The connection of stress hormones to dissociative amnesia is complex because some research shows that people under severe stress or trauma show a strong recall of the event, a phenomenon called

as discussed in your text, henry molaison (h. m.) lost extensive tissue in the inner part of both temporal lobes, including the hippocampus and amygdala in both hemispheres. in her research, brenda milner found that molaison could learn a new procedural task, mirror tracing, as well as typical control participants did. however, he could not remember the details of the task. this outcome suggests that