A Patient of Yours Has Some Memory Problems

question 542

Multiple Choice

A patient of yours has some memory problems. But the problems are very specific-- he can not seem to remember factual knowledge. You suspect that there may be damage to any of the following areas EXECPT

• A)the frontal cortex
• B)the hippocampus
• C)the thalamus
• D)the amygdala
• E)all of these may be involved in factual memory

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