PRESENTATION OUTLINE
MEMORY CENTERS IN THE BRAIN
Cortex: Long-Term Memory-Our ability to remember words, facts, and events (declarative memory) from the past depends on activity
in the cortex.
Cortex: Short-Term Memory-
Our ability to remember words, facts, and events (declarative memory) in short-term memory depends on activity in the cortex.
Thalamus: Information Processing our ability to process sensory Information, crucial to creating memories, depends on the
thalamus.
Amygdala: Emotional Associations contributing to our ability to associate memories with emotions depends, to a large degree, on the amygdala.
Hippocampus: Long-Term Memory- Our ability to transfer words, facts, and events (declarative memory) from short-term into long-term memory depends
on activity in the hippocampus.
Recall or retrieval of memory refers to the subsequent re-accessing of events or information from the past, which have been encoded and stored in the brain.
The brain replays a pattern of activity previously recognized.
