The case of N.A.had a major impact on theories of amnesia because
A) he died soon after his accident, and this enabled his physician to perform a postmortem examination of his hippocampus.
B) a CT scan revealed the full extent of his lesion in the hippocampus.
C) the foil penetrated the CA1 subfield of the hippocampus.
D) by chance, his lesion was bilaterally symmetrical.
E) none of the above

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N.A.'s case was significant because his amnesia was due to damage to the thalamus and mammillary bodies, not the hippocampus, highlighting the role of these structures in memory.

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