Brain Regions and Memory

Question 1

Brain Area:

Neocortex’s involvement in long term memory

Answer 1

Storage of Explicit (semantic and episodic memories)

Question 2

Brain Area:

Hippocampus

Answer 2

Encoding of Explicit (semantic and episodic) memories

Question 3

Amygdala’s involvement in long term memory

Answer 3

Encoding emotional component of memories
- Encoding emotion into explicit episodic memories (e.g scary experience)
- encoding emotion into implicit classically conditioned memories

Question 4

Brain Area:

Basal Ganglia’s involvement in long term memory

Answer 4

Encoding and Storing explicit memories relating to unconscious habits/ behaviours

• Implicit procedural memories of behaviours or procedures
• Implicit classically conditioend memories of unconscious habits/behaviours

Question 5

Brain Area

Cerebellum’s involvement in long term memory

Answer 5

Encoding and storage of implicit procedural memories.