Removing a rat's hippocampus 48 hours after it learns the location of some tasty food does not prevent it from forming a long-term memory of where the food is located.This best illustrates the importance of
A) the encoding specificity principle.
B) state-dependent memory.
C) memory consolidation.
D) the serial position effect.

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Memory consolidation refers to the process by which memories become more stable and are transferred from short-term to long-term memory storage. Removing the rat's hippocampus 48 hours after it learns the location of food does not prevent the formation of a long-term memory, indicating that the memory has already been consolidated.

Removing a Rat's Hippocampus 48 Hours After It Learns the Location