People with damage to the hippocampus seem to be unable to remember recent events even though their memory of events before the damage remains intact. This seems to indicate that the hippocampus is involved in
A) producing hormones that control the memory neurons of the cerebrum.
B) generating new neurons in the cerebellum.
C) recognizing similar events.
D) retrieving memories.
E) transferring information from short-term memory into long-term memory.

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The hippocampus is crucial for the consolidation of information from short-term to long-term memory, which explains why people with damage to this area struggle with forming new memories but can recall events that happened before the damage.

People with Damage to the Hippocampus Seem to Be Unable