While the hippocampus itself doesn't store memories, it serves to triage our experiences based upon their survival significance. — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
One definitely wants to have a functioning hippocampus. It's all about learning and memory, the part blown out of the water by… — Robert Sapolsky Copy Share Image
Neurobiological research has shown that in people with chronic PTSD, both stress hormone secretion and areas of the brain connected to memory… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
If you have a lesion in the hippocampus in both sides, you have short term memory, but you can convert that short… — Eric Kandel Copy Share Image
“Human memories were organized in the hippocampus region, but recent research suggested the information was only stored there on a short-term basis.… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
“Indeed, brain scans done by scientists at Washington University in St. Louis indicate that areas used to recall memories are the same… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
“Cab drivers use spatial maps for a living, and one renowned study showed enlargement of that part of the hippocampus in London… — Robert M. Sapolsky Copy Share Image
It turns out that this part of the brain is one of the first areas that's attacked by Alzheimer's disease. So we… — John O'Keefe Copy Share Image
“He held her a moment longer, allowing the merhorse to become accustomed to her. "How do I steer?" she asked. "You don't,"… — Sarah Beth Durst Copy Share Image
“Across the water, she saw a herd of merhorses rise and fall with the waves. Her breath caught in her throat. Half… — Sarah Beth Durst Copy Share Image
“And so, with a torn sleeve and a keyboard on which cigarette ash can rest, writers ended up arsonists of recycled material… — Christos Rodoulla Tsiailis Copy Share Image
