Patient R.B., who sustained brain damage while in cardiac arrest, exhibited profound anterograde amnesia. Which region of his brain was injured?
a. field CA1 of the hippocampal formation
b. the perirhinal cortex
c. the parahippocampal cortex
d. the amygdala
e. the central nucleus of the amygdala
Answer: a. field CA1 of the hippocampal formation
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