Information regarding an event is not instantaneously stored in long-term memory. Oct 1 20Hippocampus a part of our brain that resembles a horseshoe. The hippocampus is part of the limbic system, and plays important roles in the consolidation of information from short-term memory to long-term memory, and in spatial memory that enables navigation. Apr 0 20We know from neuropsychological evidence, therefore, that the hippocampus is critical to short-term memory for associative information. Apr 1 20In particular, the hippocampus seems to play a major role in declarative memory, the type of memory involving things that can be purposely recalle such as facts or events.
Jul 1 20The hippocampus is also involved in spatial relationship memories the kind related to routes and pathways and it s also where short-term memories are turned into long-term memories, which are then stored elsewhere in the brain.
Jan 2 20PTS the Hippocampus, and Short-Term Memory The culprit involved with short-term memory challenges and PTSD is the hippocampus.
