Amnesia victims typically have experienced damage to the ________ of the brain.

A) frontal lobes
B) cerebellum
C) thalamus
D) hippocampus

The hippocampus is a crucial part of the brain for forming new memories and retrieving old ones. Damage or injury to the hippocampus can lead to different forms of amnesia, including anterograde amnesia, where the person cannot form new memories, or retrograde amnesia, where they can't retrieve old memories. Damage to other parts of the brain, such as the frontal lobes or cerebellum, may cause deficits in other areas of cognitive function, but not necessarily amnesia.