Guiding Karl Lashley's initial research on memory was his belief that memory:
A)could reside outside of the brain in specific organs or tissues throughout the body, such as muscles or glands.
B)was widely distributed throughout the brain in a variety of locations.
C)was localized or stored in a specific brain area.
D)was the result of long-term potentiation, a term he coined to describe a long-lasting increase in synaptic strength.

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Karl Lashley believed in the concept of localizationism, which suggests that specific functions are carried out by specific areas of the brain. Therefore, he hypothesized that memory was localized or stored in one specific brain area.

Answer: A and B are incorrect choices.
 Lashley's research did not support the idea that memory could reside outside of the brain in other organs or tissues. Additionally, while some of his early experiments suggested that memory might be distributed throughout the brain, his later work focused on finding specific brain areas that were critical for memory. Answer D is incorrect because the concept of long-term potentiation was not developed until many years after Lashley's research on memory.

Guiding Karl Lashley's Initial Research on Memory Was His Belief