Jamie has had her hippocampus removed and cannot form new memories.Since the surgery,she spends time taking tennis lessons,although she can never remember the lessons afterwards them.After a month of lessons,her tennis ability will ____.
A) not change
B) decrease
C) increase
D) decrease unless she stops taking lessons

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Jamie's ability to improve in tennis despite not being able to form new memories is due to procedural memory, which is stored and processed in different brain areas than the hippocampus, primarily the basal ganglia and cerebellum. Procedural memory involves skills and habits, which can be learned and improved over time through repetition, even without conscious memory of the learning sessions.

Jamie Has Had Her Hippocampus Removed and Cannot Form New