Which of the following experiments would be a reasonable test of whether an animal has suffered damage to its hippocampus?
A) Does it reenter a single arm before entering all the other appropriate arms in a radial maze?
B) Does it sometimes enter an arm in a radial maze that is never correct?
C) Can it learn to climb along a thin wire without losing its balance?
D) Can it learn to turn one direction when it hears a loud tone and a different direction when it hears a soft tone?

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The hippocampus is important for spatial learning and memory. Radial mazes test an animal's ability to navigate through space and remember where it has been. If an animal with damage to its hippocampus repeatedly reenters the same arm in the maze, it suggests that it is not able to remember where it has already been.

Which of the Following Experiments Would Be a Reasonable Test