<prompt> A viral infection causes damage to both hippocampi in a patient. This damage would cause the patient to exhibit functional deficits inRecalling an old declarative memoryRecalling an old procedural memoryForming a new sho-term memoryForming a new long-term memory  <response>: The hippocampus is crucial for the formation of long-term declarative memory. Without the hippocampus, sho-term memory is intact but the conversion to long-term does not take place.The retrieval of stored declarative memory does not require the hippocampus. The hippocampus is not needed for the retrieval of procedural memory.Ref: Guyton; 13th edition 