Structure and functions of the brain

Question 1

Neuropsychology now - role of hippocampus in memory

Answer 1

horse-shoe shaped part of brain involved in making new memory. It forms part of the limbic system.

Question 2

What do psychologist believe about new memory ?

Answer 2

must pass through hippocampus before entering long term storage

Question 3

What is the hippocampus thought to be important for ?

Answer 3

creating semantic memory of faces and autobiographical memory

Question 4

What does research show ?

Answer 4

people with damage to the hippocampus can still form memories for new skills. After info from different sensory info has been decoded in the sensory areas of the brain -> combined by hippocampus into 1 single experience