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    Essay B will cover the main areas of the process of and the explanation of memory formation in the hippocampus. The essay will include the long-term potentiation‚ the hippocampal areas and the overall involvement of the glutamate receptors. I will cover the definitions of what these various areas are and tell about the process itself for how everything flows together. To start with‚ the hippocampus itself is essentially like a central hub in the brain that helps us process several different types

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    Aspen Mobley Hippocampus: Throughout our life we experience events that are worthy of remembering‚ we have many things that happen in which we wish to never forget. But how do we store these memories‚ where do they go‚ what makes us remember? Throughout this paper you will learn about the Hippocampus a part of the brain that forms‚ and stores memories from our life. Hippocampus is a part of the brain that’s involved in memory forming‚ organizing‚ and storing. It is a limbic system structure

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    Cari Cost Hippocampus and Spatial memory The Hippocampus is a small region in the brain‚ about 3 cm all around. This portion of the brain is essential for adequate development. It controls spatial memory. Spatial memory for example would be the memory of the interior of a building and it’s layout.This type of memory helps a person relate what they’re seeing and where they’ve previously been. Spatial memory is one of the most important parts of the brain’s memory storage; It’s extremely beneficial

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    The hippocampus is a structure of the medial temporal lobe; an area which has long been associated with declarative memory (episodic/autobiographical memory). Von Bechterew (1900)‚ Gruntal (1947)‚ Glees & Griffin (1952). In particular‚ Scoville’s (1954) famous case study of H.M. indicated the role of the medial temporal lobe in episodic memory after H.M. showed severe anterograde and moderate temporally graded retrograde amnesia (upto 7 years) following surgical bilateral removal of this area aimed

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    The hippocampus is related to character judgments. An experiment was performed by Croft et al. (2010) to determine if people with hippocampal damage have difficulty judging character compared to people without brain damage. Two groups were tested: A control group in which no one had brain damage and a group in which people had hippocampal damage (anterograde amnesia). Participants were shown a picture of "Matt" on a certain background. Lets say the background was a forest. Then participants are asked

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    Impact of Sleep Loss on Hippocampus Exercise activity versus non-activity with sleep deprivation on memory consolidation. Null hypothesis: If sleep deprivation and no exercise activity exists in a population’s lifestyle‚ then there is no significant memory consolidation difference than populations that have adequate sleep‚ are exercise active. Alternative hypothesis: There is a significant difference between sleep deprivation and exercise activity versus sleep deprivation and a sedentary lifestyle

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    Hippocampus The area of the brain associated with memory‚ learning and emotional response is the hippocampus‚ which is part of the limbic system. It is composed of a pair of seahorse shaped structures in the medial temporal lobe of the brain‚ one in each of the left and right lobes. It has three distinct regions: dorsal‚ ventral and intermediate. The dorsal hippocampus serves verbal and spatial memory as well as conceptual learning and assigning sensory stimuli to memories. It contains more place

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    a specific memory episode or information where we often remember things when we are in the same environment mood or physical state.(as stated by Dr. Levens) I believe that that hippocampus and the prefrontal cortex have a lot to do with memory’s‚ I saw this because throughout this class I have learned that the hippocampus has a lot to

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    of significant changes are the hippocampus‚ amygdala as well as the prefrontal cortex. The symptoms PTSD victims face are thought to be a representation of the physical changes in these areas of the brain. As a result‚ we are granted the ability to localize brain functions and ultimately gain a better understanding of why and how disorders such as PTSD occur. The Hippocampus The hippocampus is the area of the brain responsible for memory functions. The hippocampus allows for the creation of new

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    the after effects from the actual person called Henry M.‚ whose four parts were removed. We can also realize his unexpected ability after losing his four brain parts. The hippocampus‚ the entorhinal and perihinal cortices and the amygdale have very important roles in our memories and emotions. First of all‚ the hippocampus‚ which is the most important area for memory in the brain‚ transmits information from short-term memory to long-term memory (Foer 2007). Information collected by the senses

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