brain structures involved in memory

Question 1

explicit memory

Answer 1

• can be consciously retrieved
  -memories retrieved in response to specific cue/request
• semantic & episodic memory

Question 2

implicit memory

Answer 2

• does not require conscious retrieval
• effortless recall
• not aware/trying to remember
• procedural & classically conditioned memory

Question 3

hippocampus

Answer 3

brain structure primarily
involved in encoding
explicit memories

Question 4

amygdala

Answer 4

brain structure
that is primarily involved
in encoding the emotional
components of memories

Question 5

neocortex

Answer 5

brain structure that stores
explicit memories

Question 6

basal ganglia

Answer 6

a brain structure that is
involved in encoding
and storing procedural
memories and classically
conditioned memories