Stephen's Surgery for Epilepsy Has Made It Very Difficult for Him

question 131

Multiple Choice

 Stephen's surgery for epilepsy has made it very difficult for him to learn the names of new people he meets. It is most likely that Stephen's surgery affected the _______ in both of his temporal lobes.

• A) hippocampus
• B) locus coeruleus
• C) hypothalamus
• D) nucleus accumbens

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