Author Question: Evidence from patients with anterograde amnesia suggests that the role of the hippocampus is to ... (Read 74 times)

jerry coleman · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

Evidence from patients with anterograde amnesia suggests that the role of the hippocampus is to

a. serve as a storage location for declarative memories.
b. serve as a storage location for procedural memories.
c. assist in the retrieval of memories stored in other locations.
d. transfer information from short-term memory into long-term memory.

Question 2

We can conclude from the case study of patient H.M. and similar cases that

a. long-term memories are stored in the hippocampus.
b. medial temporal lobe structures are necessary for the retrieval of stored memories.
c. the hippocampus is essential to the formation of implicit memories.
d. the hippocampus probably participates in the transfer of short-term memories to long-term storage.