What type of triangulation was used in this case study.

Method triangulation

Milner used memory tests, simple tasks such as maze tasks and observations.
Eg. ask to recall events from childhood and after the operation. Observing his habits
and behaviours such as HM watching old movies on TV without remembering having
sen before. They all showed consistent results with H.M.

Data trigulation

HM was asked to repeat the same task at different times on different occassions

Miller asked Patient HM to draw a line between two outlines of a five-pointed star while
watching his hand and the page in a mirror. She asked Henry to repeat this task several
times on several different occasions. Each time Henry did not remember having
completed the task before, yet his performance improved

Theory triangulation

she had asked Patient HM to draw a line between two outlines of a five-
pointed star while watching his hand and the page in a mirror. Milner
asked Henry to repeat this task several times on several different
occasions. Each time Henry did not remember having completed the
task before, yet his performance improved. This demonstrated that,
although he was not conscious of it, Henry was able to learn new motor
skills by repeated practice.

From these trials Milner was able to conclude that this form of memory,
called motor learning, must be distinct from the system of memory that
records new facts, faces and experiences. Furthermore, it must be
located in a different part of the brain, one unaffected by Henry’s
operation. Milner’s discovery that we have multiple memory systems
and that they are located in different parts of the brain was a huge step
forward in neuroscience.

Data Triangulation
Milner asked HM to a line between two outlines of a five-pointed star, but in a condition
when he could only see his hand and the paper in a mirror . She asked his to repeat the
task several times on different occasions. Though HM did not remember that he had
done the task before, his performance improved. having completed the task before, yet
his performance improved, indicating that HM was able to learn new motor skills by
repeating the task. As a result Milner concluded that motor learning must be distinct from
the memory system which records new things and be located in a different part of the
brain

Researcher triangulation

H.M. was studied by a team of neuroscientists for more than 50 years – from the age of
27 to his death aged 82, mainly by Brenda Milner and her former student, Suzanne
Corkin and her colleagues.

What kind of bias and ethical issues did you notice in the research?

Ethical Issue?
They used mild electric shocks to see if it would help remember correct answers.
Although he has huge tolerance for electric shocks,

H.M. might have not in the position towithhold his consent as he was living - he was
entirely dependent on the researchers for his care and did not understand his situation. It
could be argued that H.M. was a "human guinea pig" whose sad condition was exploited
by researchers

Bias?
Later, H.M. went to be cared for by Suzannne Corkin's team at Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT). This might have been a less natural environment for
H.M., but, given his condition, he never noticed. In effect, all environments became
strange for H.M., who couldn't even recognise himself in the mirror, let alone realise
he was living in a strange place.