Post Mortem Examinations

• Post Mortem Examination

  • the analysis of a persons brain following their death
  • areas of the brain are examined to establish the likely cause of a deficit or disorder that the person experienced in lode
  • it may also involve comparison with a neurotypical brain in order to assess the extent of the difference
• +Brocha and Wernicke both relied on post mortem studies

  +used to link HM’s memory deficit to damage in his brain

  Therefore they continue to provide useful information.
• -observed damage in the brain may not be linked to the deficits under review -ethical issues of consent after death (HM)

  Therefore the usefulness is challenged.