Research on the biology of memory involving the visual cortex of rats reared in stimulating environments and the stimulation of certain synapses in sea snails, such as Aplysia, suggest that
A)the engram is generalized throughout the entire cortex.
B)myelination is critical to memory formation in the brain.
C)electrical circuits in the brain correspond to memory traces.
D)memories may have neural correlates at specific sites.

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The research on rats and sea snails suggests that memories may have neural correlates at specific sites, indicating that specific synapses and circuits in the brain correspond to memory traces. This points to the possibility of localized engrams instead of a generalized one throughout the cortex. Myelination is not mentioned as critical to memory formation in this context.

Research on the Biology of Memory Involving the Visual Cortex