The hippocampus is belongs to the limbic system and it is located in the medial temporal lobe of the brain (Squire & Zola-Morgan, 1991). It has the function of regulating the emotions of individual and also plays an important role in spatial navigation. Besides that, hippocampus plays an important role in the storage of both explicit and declarative memories. Therefore, it is being described as the conscious recall of facts and events (Eichenbaum, 1999; Maguire, Burgess & O’Keefe, 1999; Squire, 1992, cited in Rubin, 2015). Also, hippocampus plays an important role in memory process. Besides that, research have also noted that right hippocampal volume is related to spatial memory whereas the left hippocampal volume is associated with verbal
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The pattern of neural activity that was related to specific data were repeated by brain which recreate the experience. Nonetheless, the information is not the same with the initial experience as there is an awareness of the present situation is mixed in order to differentiate the actual experience from the memory recall.
Relationship between hippocampus and memory
Hippocampus involves in the formation of new memories. Besides that, hippocampus also involve in recognition of new events, places and also stimuli Zammit et al., 2017). Previous research have indicated that greater hippocampal volume is proportionately superior memory performance.
According to Erickson et al. (2009), it indicated that larger hippocampal volume is correlated to greater spatial memory. It has demonstrated that the elderly who have higher level of fitness activity have higher level of spatial memory performance and also higher level of hippocampal volume. Hence, it shows that aerobic fitness can prevent the decline in cognitive ability among the elderly as individuals who involved in fitness activity have higher level of hippocampal volume and better memory
The pattern of neural activity that was related to specific data were repeated by brain which recreate the experience. Nonetheless, the information is not the same with the initial experience as there is an awareness of the present situation is mixed in order to differentiate the actual experience from the memory recall.
Relationship between hippocampus and memory
Hippocampus involves in the formation of new memories. Besides that, hippocampus also involve in recognition of new events, places and also stimuli Zammit et al., 2017). Previous research have indicated that greater hippocampal volume is proportionately superior memory performance.
According to Erickson et al. (2009), it indicated that larger hippocampal volume is correlated to greater spatial memory. It has demonstrated that the elderly who have higher level of fitness activity have higher level of spatial memory performance and also higher level of hippocampal volume. Hence, it shows that aerobic fitness can prevent the decline in cognitive ability among the elderly as individuals who involved in fitness activity have higher level of hippocampal volume and better memory