The overall outcome of Lashley's search for the engram was the
A)discovery of different engrams for different sorts of memories.
B)realization that memories are not stored in any specific brain structure.
C)discovery of a single engram for various sorts of memories.
D)localization of engrams in the hippocampus.
E)confirmation that memories are housed in the cerebral cortex.

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Lashley's research led to the realization that memories are not stored in any specific, localized brain structure, but are instead distributed throughout the brain. This challenged the earlier notion of a single, tangible location for memories, or engrams.

The Overall Outcome of Lashley's Search for the Engram Was