Henry Molaison (H.M.) was not able to form new episodic or semantic memories, which reflects the _____, but he could form new procedural memories, which reflects the _____.
A) implicit memory system; explicit memory system
B) encoding specificity system; semantic network system
C) explicit memory system; implicit memory system
D) semantic network system; encoding specificity system

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H.M.'s inability to form new episodic or semantic memories reflects his impairment in the explicit memory system, which is responsible for conscious and declarative memory. However, he was able to form new procedural memories, which reflects preserved function in the implicit memory system, responsible for non-conscious memory processes.