Question

Gerard has brain damage that has affected his long term memory and ability to navigate in his environment. Gerard MOST likely has damage to his:

Answer 1

If Gerard has brain damage that affects his long term memory and navigation of his environment, Gerard has damage to his hippocampus.

Answer 2

Gerard MOST likely has damage to his: hippocampus.

The hippocampus is a small, seahorse shaped structure situated in the temporal lobe part of the brain. The primary function of the hippocampus involves memory and human learning. The hippocampus helps in the formation of new memories and is also associated with emotions. Two hippocampi are present in humans which helps to process and retrieve two types of memory, which are; declarative memories (which involves facts and events), and spatial relationships (which involves routes). Damage to any parts of the hippocampus can make an individual to experience a loss of memory and a loss of the ability to form new long-term memories.