1. What was the critical injury to Phineas Gage? How did this impair his ability to make decisions and form plans for his life?
2. What was the role of the hippocampus in the famous case of H. M., and how did his deficit prevent him from making long-term plans for his behavior?
3. Compare the memory functions served by the hippocampus and the amygdala.
4. Why would damage to the amygdala affect a person’s ability to make choices?
5. What forms of information are integrated at the ventromedial prefrontal cortex, and how does this integration form the basis for appraisals and coping responses?
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