Some of the soldiers who returned from Iraq suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Since the soldiers already have PTSD, doctors can't prevent the formation of painful memories, but they can use to speed up extinction of painful memories.

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