A detective is shot and suffers brain damage. He is unable to store new memories,
so he must relearn information each day from photographs and notes as he tries to find the criminal who shot him. The part of his brain that was most likely damaged was the
a. hypothalamus.
b. hippocampus.
c. somatosensory cortex.
d. amygdala.
ANSWER: b
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