In which test condition below would you expect a memory deficit in a rat with hippocampal damage?
A) passive avoidance: tested while hungry
B) Skinner box: pressing for a food pellet on an FR-5 schedule of reinforcement
C) Morris water maze: released from a different starting point on each trial
D) 8-arm maze: trained and tested while food satiated
E) Morris water maze: released from the same starting point on each trial

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The Morris water maze measures spatial memory and requires intact hippocampal function. Releasing the rat from a different starting point on each trial is expected to challenge its ability to remember the location of the hidden platform. If a rat has hippocampal damage, it would be expected to have difficulty with spatial memory tasks and thus show a deficit in the Morris water maze.

In Which Test Condition Below Would You Expect a Memory