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Memory is encoded in the limbic system of the brain, primarily in the hippocampus, although associated structures are involved, as well - including the amygdala and the cingulate gyrus. There are also association cortex areas of the brain which are involved in memory, including frontal lobe regions.
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∙ 15y agoThe hippocampus is the part of the brain that is associated with memory. It is located in a region known as the medial temporal lobe and there are actually two of them, one in each brain hemisphere. It is also associated with the limbic system and basal ganglia.
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∙ 11y agoShort term memory is found in the frontal lobes and the parietal lobes of the brain. The hippocampus is necessary in forming long term memory but not in the storage of it.
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∙ 13y agoPrimarily the hippocampus, but also other limbic system structures and association areas in the cortex.
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∙ 13y agoThe hippocampus is involved in consolidation of memories. Memories are not stored in any one place in the brain. Memory circuits span many different areas of the brain.
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∙ 13y agoMemories are formed in diffuse pathways that span many parts of the brain. There is no one part of the brain that stores memories.
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Whick kind of brain memory holds seven or eight items of information for several seconds?
This is the first part of making memories and is part of short term memory formation. The term for making these is sometimes called chunking if the bits of information are long. Example: a phone number.
What Part of the brain is called the 'gateway' to memory?
The hippocampus
Where is memory stored?
Memory is stored throughout the brain. However, the part of the brain responsible for actually coordinating the long-term storage of memory is the hippocampus (in the limbic system).
The part of your memory that briefly holds all the incomeing information?
The part of your memory that briefly holds all incoming information is called short-term memory. This short-term memory is usually only 5 to 7 items. You can add more to your short-term memory if you chunk it. You use this method, for example, when you remember a telephone number.
What part of the brain controls memory and emotions?
The limbic system is the part(s) of the brain said to be responsible for the four Fs: feeling, fighting, fearing, and reproduction. ;)
What part of your brain consolidates memory?
The part of the brain that consolidates memory is in the temporal area,the left temporol lobe.
What is the auditory associated cortex?
Actually, the auditory associated cortex is a part of the brain located in the temporal lobe ( the bottom area ) which holds and stores your memory.
What part of the brain is responsible for thinking reason and memory?
The brain
Which part of your skeleton holds memories?
The skeleton does not hold any memories. Your brain holds memories. Your brain is inside a brain case made of bone.
Is the declarative part of the brain used for memory?
yes!
Whick kind of brain memory holds seven or eight items of information for several seconds?
This is the first part of making memories and is part of short term memory formation. The term for making these is sometimes called chunking if the bits of information are long. Example: a phone number.
What body part holds all of your thoughts and memories?
your brain
What part of the brain is responsible for thinking memory?
Memory is acuity spread thought the brain, along with thinking. it really depends on the definition of "thinking"
What is the part of the brain that interprets impulse and store memory?
cerebrum
What Part of the brain is called the 'gateway' to memory?
The hippocampus
What part of your brain stores memory in humans?
The back side.
Where is memory stored?
Memory is stored throughout the brain. However, the part of the brain responsible for actually coordinating the long-term storage of memory is the hippocampus (in the limbic system).
