Which of the Following Is True About the Hippocampus

question 233

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about the hippocampus?

• A) Long-term memories are permanently stored in the hippocampus.
• B) The hippocampus is only involved in the creation of nondeclarative memories.
• C) Memories appear to reside in the hippocampus until they can be consolidated in the cortex.
• D) Damage to the hippocampus is most likely to affect long-term memories after they have undergone consolidation.

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Definitions:

Conditioned Stimulus

A previously neutral stimulus that, after becoming associated with the unconditioned stimulus, eventually comes to trigger a conditioned response.

Parietal Lobe

A region of the brain associated with processing sensory information and spatial orientation.

Central Hippocampus

Often simply referred to as the hippocampus, a major component of the brain that plays critical roles in the consolidation of information from short-term to long-term memory and in spatial memory that enables navigation.

Occasion-Setting Stimuli

Stimuli that modify the significance of other stimuli regarding their ability to elicit responses through a learning process.