The Olympics In Mexico (1970)
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A doctor on television is discussing the curious case of G.R., a patient who has suffered damage to his brain. G.R. believes that it is still 1970 and that the last Olympic games were held in Mexico in 1968, even though it is now the twenty-first century. Even before the doctor divulges the part of the brain that is damaged in this individual, you know that it is the
A) hippocampus. B) thalamus.
C) hypothalamus. D) medulla.
A. Hippocampus
~Dr. B.~
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