Damage to the hippocampus is most likely to lead to the loss of:

a. long-term memories that have been consolidated.
b. recent short-term memories.
c. recent long-term memories that have not yet been consolidated.
d. procedural memories.


Answer: C

Rationale: Without a functioning hippocampus, information would never make it to long-term memory.

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