Long Term Memory In My Brain

My best friends invite me over for pizza and a friendly game of cards. As I am enjoying my evening eating pizza, socializing, and playing cards, certain parts of my brain are involved which allow me to perform properly.

The limbic system comprises of the thalamus, hypothalamus, hippocampus, amygdala, and the cingulate cortex. In general, the limbic system is involved in emotions, motivation, memory, and learning. However, as I eat pizza, socialize, and play cards, I am primarily using the hippocampus and hypothalamus parts of my brain.

To begin with, the hippocampus is located within the medial temporal lobe on each side of the brain. The hippocampus plays a role in our learning memory, and ability to compare sensory information to expectations. For example, as I am socializing, I am listening to my friends conversations and the information I collect from them is sent through the neural pathways and processed in my brain which allows me to understand what they are talking to them. Also, I may join in the conversation and talk about past experiences or topics I may recall from my memory. Another example would be that as I am playing cards with my friends, I will use my long-term memory, the system of memory into which all the information is placed to be kept more or less permanently, in order to remember the rules and how to play so that I can win. …show more content…
The hypothalamus regulates body temperature, thirst, hunger, sleeping, and waking, sexual activity, and emotions. After I have played cards with my friend for a while I will begin to get hungry and thirsty and crave for food. Therefore, I get some slices of pizza in order to control my hunger and maintain homeostasis, the tendency of the body to maintain a steady