Brain Areas Involved In Memory

Front 1

What part of the brain includes areas 28, 35, and 36?

Back 1

The rhinal cortex: entorhinal cortex is 28, perirhinal is 35 and 36

Front 2

Where is the rhinal cortex?

Back 2

Medial temporal lobe cortex adjacent to the hippocampus and the amygdala

Front 3

What is area 27 and where is it?

Back 3

Parahippocampal cortex; in the medial temporal lobe adjacent to the hippocampus

Front 4

Name the diencephalon structures involved in explicit memory

Back 4

medial thalamus and mammilary bodies of the hypothalamus

Front 5

What structures are involved in the medial temporal lobe regions?

Back 5

Amygdala, hippocampus, rhinal cortex, and parahippocampal cortex

Front 6

What are the three main neurotransmitter systems involved in explicit memory?

Back 6

Acetylcholine, norepinephrine, serotonin

Front 7

What part of the brain plays a major role in the storage phase of explicit memory?

Back 7

Medial temporal lobe structures and diencephalic structures

Front 8

Which brain regions work together on retrieval of explicit memories?

Back 8

lateral prefrontal cortex and posterior parietal lobe

Front 9

What kinds of explicit memory are dealt with in the right and left hemispheres, respectively?

Back 9

Right: melodies, spatial information like faces, locations
Left: language information, verbal association learning

Front 10

What part of the brain is involved in the acquisition and encoding stage of explicit memory?

Back 10

Lateral prefrontal cortex, along with other areas of the cortex