Some Psychologists Who Study Memory Believe That the Role of the Hippocampus

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Multiple Choice

Some psychologists who study memory believe that the role of the hippocampus is to:

• A)store sensory experiences that later become long-term memories.
• B)store long-term memories.
• C)index the bits and pieces of a single memory that are stored throughout the cortex.
• D)recover well-remembered old memories such as your first kiss.

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