A rat is placed in a radial maze in which it has already been trained for many trials. As compared to rats without damage to their hippocampus, rats with damage are more likely to ____.
A) enter an alley at random
B) fail to eat the food they find
C) enter one of the correct alleys repeatedly
D) enter an alley that is never correct

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Rats with hippocampal damage have difficulty with spatial memory and are more likely to repeatedly enter the same alley, even if it has already been visited, due to impaired memory of which alleys they have already explored.

A Rat Is Placed in a Radial Maze in Which