kent krochane

• Who was involved in a single vehicle accident?

  Kent Cochrane
• What type of injury did Kent Cochrane suffer?

  Traumatic brain injury
• What relationship did studies on Cochrane illuminate?

  The relationship between semantic learning and episodic memory
• What ability did Cochrane demonstrate despite his memory issues?

  Learning new semantic knowledge
• How long was Cochrane able to retain new semantic knowledge?

  Over a long period of time
• What could Cochrane not remember?

  The actual teaching sessions
• What did Cochrane retain despite his memory issues?

  The raw information
• What do studies show about episodic and semantic memories?

  They are independent of one another
• What does Cochrane's case demonstrate about semantic knowledge acquisition?

  It is possible even if episodic memory is absent