Although Marcie remembers all aspects of her life before she experienced brain damage in a terrible fall, each morning she must reread details of her present life that are written in a diary because she is unable to adequately store new memories. The brain damage Marcie experienced was most likely to her
A)amygdala.
B)pons.
C)hypothalamus.
D)hippocampus.

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Marcie's inability to form new memories, while still retaining old ones, suggests damage to the hippocampus, a part of the brain crucial for the formation of new memories.

Although Marcie Remembers All Aspects of Her Life Before She