Research on Memory Suggests That Damage to the Hippocampus

question 197

Multiple Choice

Research on memory suggests that damage to the hippocampus

• A) is less likely to interfere with remembering details.
• B) is more likely to interfere with simple memory tasks.
• C) is more likely to interfere with difficult memory tasks.
• D) is equally likely to interfere with both complex and simple memory tasks.

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The set of rules by which information encoded within genetic material (DNA or mRNA sequences) is translated into proteins by living cells.

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