The hippocampus is crucial to the functioning of ________ memory.
A) spatial, semantic, and episodic
B) iconic, procedural, and emotional
C) echoic, episodic and procedural
D) implicit, emotional and semantic

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The hippocampus is primarily involved in spatial and episodic memory, which are types of explicit (conscious) memory. Semantic memory, which is also an explicit memory type, is also partially dependent on the hippocampus. Iconic memory, procedural memory, echoic memory, implicit memory, and emotional memory are not primarily associated with the hippocampus.

The Hippocampus Is Crucial to the Functioning of ________ Memory