In a Famous Medical Case, Both Sides of a Person's

Multiple Choice

In a famous medical case, both sides of a person's hippocampus were removed in an attempt to cure severe epilepsy. An unfortunate side effect of the surgery was the patient's loss of

A) the ability to feel emotion.
B) short-term memory.
C) the ability to convert short-term memory into long-term memory.
D) immediate memory.
E) the ability to recognize faces.