The Hippocampus Flashcards

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Hippocampus

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Involved in memory consolidation and reconsolidating (from short-term memory to long-term memory)
Not the location of memories

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Memory process in hippocampus

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Hippocampus receives info from sensory and motor association cortexes and other regions (entorhinal cortex)
Hippocampus modifies memories being consolidated there
Hippocampus then links memories together to help us remember relationships among elements of memory (order of events)

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Damage to the hippocampus

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Retroactive memory is fine
Short-term memory is fine-ish
Long-term memory is impacted

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