Brain Structure involved in Memory

Question 1

What parts of the brain are involved in memory?

Answer 1

Amygdala
Cerebellum
Cerebral Cortex
Hippocampus

Question 2

What is the Amygdala’s role?

Answer 2

Processes emotional memories by telling hippocampus it’s meaningful

linked to adrenaline and CC

Retrieves declarative memories from LTM to the STM

Question 3

What is the Hippocampus’s role?

Answer 3

encodes explicit memories and stores them in cerebral cortex

consolidates explicit memories with signal from amygdala to strengthen the memory

Question 4

What is the Cerebral Cortex’s role?

Answer 4

Stores memories to different parts of the brain (songs go to auditory cortex)

neural links are formed between memories this way, making them stronger and emotional

Question 5

What is the cerebellum’s role?

Answer 5

Encodes implicit memories (especially procedural)

stores implicit memories and is involved in balance/motor control/coordination