A researcher studies a person who suffered anterograde amnesia after a serious car accident damaged his hippocampus.According to the text,he would probably be using which of the primary approaches to studying the brain systems involved in memory?

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The person in the scenario suffered damage to a specific brain region (the hippocampus), which is indicative of a lesion study. A lesion study involves observing the effects of damage to specific brain regions and is often used to study the functions of the brain. The other options, brain imaging, neuro-imaging, and nonhuman animal lesion experiments, may also be useful in studying memory systems but are not the best choice given the specific scenario presented in the question.

A Researcher Studies a Person Who Suffered Anterograde Amnesia After