The surgical removal of H.M.'s hippocampus prevented him from transferring information from
A) non-declarative memory to semantic memory.
B) short-term memory to long-term memory.
C) iconic memory to acoustic memory.
D) sensory memory to short-term memory.

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The hippocampus is responsible for transferring short-term memories to long-term memories. The surgical removal of H.M.'s hippocampus resulted in his inability to form new long-term memories.

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