The case of Henry Molaison (patient H.M.) and his long-term anterograde amnesia following temporal lobe surgery provided strong evidence that
A) long-term memories are stored in the hippocampus.
B) medial temporal lobe structures are necessary for the retrieval of stored memories.
C) the hippocampus is essential to the formation of implicit memories.
D) declarative and nondeclarative memories are processed differently.

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Henry Molaison's case showed that while he could not form new declarative memories (memories of facts and events), he could still learn new skills, indicating a difference in how declarative and nondeclarative memories are processed.

The Case of Henry Molaison (Patient H