PSY 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 23: Frontal Lobe, Explicit Memory, Episodic Memory
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A: our long-term memory capacity is essentially unlimited. Memories are not stored intact in the brain in single spots. Many parts of the brain interact as we encode, store, and retrieve memories. Our capacity for storing long-term memories is essentially limitless. Memory is not location dependent in the brain - they do not reside in single, specific spots of the brain. Memories are brain-based, but the brain distributes the components of a memory across a network of locations. Memory is fallible as flashbacks may be invented. Despite the brain"s vast storage capacity, we do not store information as libraries store their books, in single, precise locations. Instead, brain networks encode, store, and retrieve the information that forms our complex memories. A: the frontal lobes and hippocampus are parts of the brain network dedicated to explicit memory formation. Many brain regions send information to the frontal lobes for processing.
