LeDoux and his colleagues found that damage to the hippocampus resulted in _________.
A) impaired freezing response to tone cues
B) blocked contextual fear conditioning
C) increased fear to a conditioned stimulus
D) blocked conditioned fear response to a cue

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The hippocampus plays a critical role in contextual fear conditioning, so damage to this area would result in blocked contextual fear conditioning. LeDoux's research specifically focused on the amygdala and its role in fear conditioning, but this question refers to the effects of damage to the hippocampus.

LeDoux and His Colleagues Found That Damage to the Hippocampus