After rabbits exhibited conditioned eyeblinks they were given hippocampal lesions either one day or one month later. The rabbits that had the lesions one month later were ________.
A) impaired on the eyeblink savings
B) able to retain the eyeblink conditioning
C) unable to exhibit the eyeblink condition
D) delayed on the eyeblink condition

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The rabbits that had the lesions one month later were able to retain the eyeblink conditioning because the hippocampus is involved in the formation of new memories, and by the time the lesions were made, the conditioned response had already been consolidated into long-term memory.

After Rabbits Exhibited Conditioned Eyeblinks They Were Given Hippocampal Lesions