A rat with hippocampal damage has difficulty with the Morris water maze because it ____.
A) loses its motivation to find the platform
B) cannot remember how to swim
C) has difficulty remembering where the platform is from trial to trial
D) develops a water phobia

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The hippocampus plays a crucial role in spatial memory, and damage to this area can impair the ability to remember spatial information, such as the location of the platform in the Morris water maze. The rat may still be motivated to find the platform and able to swim, but it will have difficulty remembering where the platform is located from trial to trial.

A Rat with Hippocampal Damage Has Difficulty with the Morris