Clive's Episodic Memory System

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Clive has damage to multiple parts of the brain including his hippocampus, and some of the frontal portion of the brain. The hippocampus is “a structure underneath the cortex that is important in many learning and memory tasks,” (Matlin, Farmer, 1983, p. 160). He continues to have problems creating memories, switching his short-term memories into long-term memories. After being infected, Clive is still able to talk, write, and even show affection to his wife, but a portion of his semantic and episodic memory system were affected. Clive is able to recall some old memories from his episodic memory system, but can’t always go into detail about them. For example, he remembers that he’s married and has a wife. He remembers her name, but