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arivle123

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Stephen's surgery for epilepsy has made it very difficult for him to learn the names of new people he meets. It is most likely that Stephen's surgery affected the _______ in both of his temporal lobes.
 
  a. hippocampus
 b. locus coeruleus
 c. hypothalamus
 d. nucleus accumbens

Question 2

The hippocampus is important in which of the following functions?
 
  a. learning and memory
 b. motor control
 c. recognition of biological danger
 d. regulation of hunger and thirst



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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

a



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