Patient H.M. is unable to form ________ memories as a result of the removal of his ________.
A) declarative; hippocampus and amygdala
B) semantic; medulla
C) procedural; thalamus
D) declarative; frontal cortex
E) implicit; cerebellum

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Patient H.M. had his hippocampus and amygdala removed, which led to the inability to form declarative memories (memories of events and facts). This means that options B, C, D, and E are incorrect, as they all reference different types of memory or brain regions that were not affected in H.M.'s case.

Patient HM