It appears that the medial temporal lobes and the diencephalon are important in consolidating explicit long-term memories but are not themselves the storage sites for this knowledge because
A)most skills and habits acquired before injury of these structures will remain intact.
B)only priming and conditioning show signs of impairment following damage to these structures.
C)only nonassociative learning and priming show signs of impairment following damage to these structures.
D)most episodic and semantic memories acquired before injury of these structures will remain intact.

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Studies have shown that most episodic and semantic memories acquired before injury of the medial temporal lobes and the diencephalon remain intact, suggesting that these structures are not the storage sites for long-term memories. However, these structures appear to be important in consolidating explicit long-term memories, as their damage can impair the formation of new long-term memories. Skills and habits are primarily stored in other parts of the brain and are not affected by damage to these structures. Priming and conditioning may also be affected, but to a lesser extent than explicit long-term memories. Non-associative learning and priming may show impairment following damage to these structures, but this is not the only type of memory affected.

It Appears That the Medial Temporal Lobes and the Diencephalon