Suppose we lesion the hippocampus of a rabbit.We present a blue light and a yellow light together for several trials,and then present just the yellow light followed by a shock until the rabbit is startled by just the yellow light alone.How will the lesioned rabbit respond if we now present just the blue light?
A)It will startle to the blue light,but not as strongly as it does to the yellow light.
B)It will startle just as strongly to the blue light as it does to the yellow light.
C)It will startle even more strongly to the blue light than it does to the yellow light.
D)It will not startle to the blue light at all.

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Lesioning the hippocampus results in impaired learning and memory, particularly for certain types of associative learning. In this scenario, the rabbit learned to associate the shock with the yellow light, but without the hippocampus, it cannot form or retrieve the association between the blue light and the absence of a shock. Therefore, the rabbit will not startle to the blue light at all.

Suppose We Lesion the Hippocampus of a Rabbit