A viral infection causes damage to both hippocampi in a patient. This damage would cause the patient to exhibit functional deficits in (NOT RELATED)
The hippocampus is crucial for the forma on of long-term (declarative) memory. Without the hippocampus, sho-term memory is intact but the conversion to long-term does not take place. The retrieval of stored declarative memory does not require the hippocampus. The hippocampus is not needed for the forma on or retrieval of procedural memory. Ref: Ganong - Review of Medical Physiology 23rd Ed Page 372
Recalling an old declarative memory
Recalling an old procedural memory
Forming a new sho-term memory
Forming a new long-term memory
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