Researchers created lesions in the hippocampi of lab rats to study how the hippocampus functions in memory processing. Which of the following was indicated by this study?
a. The amygdala and cerebellum will compensate for a damaged hippocampus.
b. The hippocampus is involved in normal recognition memory and spatial memory.
c. The rats could not complete puzzles even when food was offered as a reward.
d. The rats were unable to learn a conditioned eye-blink response due to the damage.
b. The hippocampus is involved in normal recognition memory and spatial memory.
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