Because H.M.'s surgery seemed to disrupt only those retrograde memories acquired shortly before his surgery,it was once widely believed that the hippocampus
A) stores most long-term memories.
B) stores all long-term memories.
C) temporarily stores memories before they are transferred to a more permanent storage site.
D) stores spatial memories.
E) temporarily consolidates short-term memories.

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H.M.'s surgery only affected retrograde memories acquired shortly before the surgery, indicating that the hippocampus plays a role in the temporary storage of memories before they are transferred to a more permanent location in the brain. This suggests that the hippocampus does not store all long-term memories, but rather plays a role in the consolidation of memories from short-term to long-term storage.

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