Question

Researchers demonstrated that the hippocampus functions in memory processing by creating lesions in the hippocampi of rats, which resulted in ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Memory impairment on various task such as object recognition and maze running

Explanation:

Researchers demonstrated that the hippocampus functions in memory processing by creating lesions in the hippocampi of rats, which resulted in memory impairment on various task such as object recognition and maze running.

Hippocampus is found in region of the brain, a part of the limbic system and plays important role in memory in the consolidation of information. This part of the brain helps to process and retrieve two kinds of memory, declarative and spatial memory.

Because of the function of Hippocampus, the rat is able to process information from it memory which enable it to perform various task.