The Brain:
The human brain is a complex structure that serves as the central organ of the nervous system. It is estimated to have about 100 billion neurons. Different parts of the brain serve different functions in memory.
Frontal Lobes:
It is the network that processes and stores your explicit memories, which according to psychology expert Kendra Cherry, explicit memory is information that a person is consciously trying to remember. As well as storing explicit memories, the frontal lobes are also involved in organizing information, and in conscious thought and higher mental functions such as decision making. Damage to this part of the brain can decrease working memory, therefore the ability to retrieve information from secondary memory will be weakened.
It is the network that processes and stores your explicit memories, which according to psychology expert Kendra Cherry, explicit memory is information that a person is consciously trying to remember. As well as storing explicit memories, the frontal lobes are also involved in organizing information, and in conscious thought and higher mental functions such as decision making. Damage to this part of the brain can decrease working memory, therefore the ability to retrieve information from secondary memory will be weakened.
Hippocampus:
The hippocampus plays an important role in consolidating information from short-term memory into long-term memory. It is also involved in complex processes such as forming, organizing, and storing memories. According to Catherine Myers (2000), "the hippocampus is especially sensitive to global reductions in oxygen level in the body", meaning that when deprived of oxygen, the hippocampus can suffer damage. A damaged hippocampus can lead to anterograde amnesia, which is the inability to form new memories, though older memories are still stored in the brain.
The hippocampus plays an important role in consolidating information from short-term memory into long-term memory. It is also involved in complex processes such as forming, organizing, and storing memories. According to Catherine Myers (2000), "the hippocampus is especially sensitive to global reductions in oxygen level in the body", meaning that when deprived of oxygen, the hippocampus can suffer damage. A damaged hippocampus can lead to anterograde amnesia, which is the inability to form new memories, though older memories are still stored in the brain.
Cerebellum:
The cerebellum plays a role in functions such as attention and language, as well as the processing of procedural memories wherein it stores various learned sequences of movement. It forms and stores implicit memories, which is information that you remember unconsciously, and has the ability to learn and remember. Damage to the cerebellum stops the development of certain conditioned reflexes.
The cerebellum plays a role in functions such as attention and language, as well as the processing of procedural memories wherein it stores various learned sequences of movement. It forms and stores implicit memories, which is information that you remember unconsciously, and has the ability to learn and remember. Damage to the cerebellum stops the development of certain conditioned reflexes.
Basal Ganglia:
The basal ganglia facilitates the formation of procedural memories in order to perform certain skills, for example, riding a bicycle. Damage to the basal ganglia leads to motor dysfunction, and makes it difficult for a person to switch between tasks in working memory.
The basal ganglia facilitates the formation of procedural memories in order to perform certain skills, for example, riding a bicycle. Damage to the basal ganglia leads to motor dysfunction, and makes it difficult for a person to switch between tasks in working memory.
Amygdala:
The amygdala helps store memories of emotions and events so that you may be able to recognize similar events in the future. It is also responsible of determining what memory is stored in the brain.
The amygdala helps store memories of emotions and events so that you may be able to recognize similar events in the future. It is also responsible of determining what memory is stored in the brain.