Stephen's surgery for epilepsy has made it very difficult for him to learn the names of new people he meets.It is most likely that Stephen's surgery affected his
A) hippocampus in both of his temporal lobes.
B) locus coeruleus.
C) hypothalamus.
D) nucleus accumbens.

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The hippocampus, located in the medial temporal lobes, is crucial for encoding and retrieving new memories, including the names of people. Surgery in this region can result in anterograde amnesia, where new information cannot be stored in memory, and may result in difficulty learning new names. The other brain regions listed (locus coeruleus, hypothalamus, and nucleus accumbens) are not directly involved in the formation of new memories.

Stephen's Surgery for Epilepsy Has Made It Very Difficult for Him