Damage to hippocampus would result in difficulty ____________?
Correct answer: C. encoding new information into long-term memory
- A. understanding language
- B. producing language
- C. encoding new information into long-term memory
- D. processing sensory information
Explanation
The hippocampus is essential for forming and consolidating new long-term declarative memories, so damage causes anterograde memory difficulties. Language functions are more directly associated with Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas.
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