In a medical study involving a physicist suffering from a herpesvirus, it was discovered that which structure was involved in the conversion of short-term memories to long-term memories?
A) hippocampus
B) diencephalon
C) amygdala
D) brain stem
E) cerebellum

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The hippocampus is a crucial structure for the consolidation of short-term memories into long-term memories. Damage to the hippocampus can result in difficulties with creating new long-term memories.

In a Medical Study Involving a Physicist Suffering from a Herpesvirus