After Karl Lashley trained rats to solve a maze, he removed pieces of their cortex. He reported that, no matter what part of the cortex was removed, the rats retained partial memory of how to solve the maze. This indicates that:

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Yahir Conner

26 November, 06:12

After Karl Lashley trained rats to solve a maze, he removed pieces of their cortex. He reported that, no matter what part of the cortex was removed, the rats retained partial memory of how to solve the maze. This indicates that:

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Yaretzi Fletcher · Answer 1

memories are not located in single, specific locations in the brain.

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Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that the research experiment conducted in this scenario indicates that memories are not located in single, specific locations in the brain. That is because the researcher removed various pieces of the where memories should be located in the brain and yet the rats were still able to recall how to solve the maze.