Neocortex

Question 1

What are the two main types of Neocortical memory and where are they stored?

Answer 1

1 - Recognition memory, stored in the perirhinal cortex

2 - Long term memory, stored in the association cortex

Question 2

What are the factors that affect recognition memory capacity?

Answer 2

N = number of neurons
c = fraction of connected pairs

P = k * c *N^2

Question 3

You drive to work every day, what part of the brain would;

(i) Stored where you parked the car for a given day
(ii) Recall which places are good for parking

Answer 3

(i) Hippocampus

(ii) Neocortex