You train a rat to successfully navigate a maze,wait a week,and test him again.You note that the rat has remembered the successful path through the maze.You then lesion the rat's hippocampus.What results would you expect when testing the rat after the lesion has been performed?
A)The rat will be unable to successfully navigate the maze.
B)The rat's mobility will be too impaired to navigate the maze.
C)The rat will require full re-training but will eventually learn to navigate the maze.
D)The rat should have no problem successfully navigating the maze.

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The hippocampus is crucial for forming new memories but not for recalling well-established ones. Since the rat already learned and remembered the maze path before the lesion, it should still be able to navigate the maze successfully after the hippocampus is lesioned.

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