5.6 Biological Bases

• What is the hippocampus?


  a neural center located in the limbic system; helps process explicit memories for storage
• All memories start at the -

  hippocampus
• What is long-term potentiation?


  it is the strengthening of synapses based on recent activities, producing long-lasting communication between neurons.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  For example, if you practice coding using the programming language Python every day and rarely practice coding in Java, you are more likely to remember the Python and forget the Java.
• What is your working memory?


  it is the processing of incoming auditory and visual information. It helps make sense of new information and link it to the old information in your long-term memory.
• What are neurotransmitters?


  chemical messengers released by neurons that transmit messages between neurons. The chemical messages are interpreted and received in the neuron's synapses.
• What are explicit memories?


  memories that are consciously available such as facts and personal experiences
• What are implicit memories?


  procedural memory system: actions, skills, operations
• What two neurotransmitters are related to memory?

  Glutamate and acetylcholine
• What memories are stored in the hippocampus?


  explicit memories
• What memories are stored in the basal ganglia?


  implicit procedural memories
• What memories are stored in the frontal lobes?


  working memories
• What memories are stored in the thalamus?


  short term memories
• What memories are stored in the cerebellum?


  implicit memories
• What memories are stored in the amygdala?


  emotional memories—the stronger the emotion, the more likely we will remember something.