Damage to the Hippocampus Would Most Likely Interfere with a Person's

question 201

Multiple Choice

Damage to the hippocampus would most likely interfere with a person's ability to learn

• A) to ride a bike.
• B) eat with a fork.
• C) a classically conditioned fear response.
• D) the names of newly introduced people.

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Definitions:

Implicit Memory

A type of memory that enables us to perform tasks without conscious awareness of these previous experiences, such as riding a bike.

Information-Processing Model

A cognitive approach that compares the human mind to a computer, emphasizing how information is input, processed, stored, and retrieved.

Encoding

The process by which information is transformed into a form that can be stored in memory.

Retrieval

The process of accessing and bringing into consciousness information stored in memory.