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This 3 page paper provides an overview of the neuroanatomy of learning and memory, with specific focus on the cortical and subcortical structures involved. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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has to do with the types of experiences and the way in which different types of information, sensations and experiences are stored. Both subcortical and cortical sturctures are
involved in the process of memory development and the subsequent correlation between memory and cognition. Th subcorticol segments of the brain that a involved in memory and cognition
include the hippocampus, amygdala, cerebellum, and the basal ganglia. The essentially, all of the corticol segments (frontal, temporal, parietal and occipital lobes) of the brain have some role
in the development of memory functions and subsequent cognitive development. Zola-Morgan & Squire related "new" findings over a decade ago that reflect the importnace of changes in the way
memory formation was viewed. Essentially, neuroscientists in the 1980s reflected on the fact that different typ3es of memory exist and that depending on the kind of memory and learning
fucntions, different areas of the brawin were involved. Declarative memory can be contrasted against implicit memories, and classical conditioning, which relates to the response to learned stimulus, is also
reflective of different neurological fucntions. "The distinction between declarative and nondeclarative memory is fundamental, because it has turned out that differnet kinds of memories are supported by different brain
systems" (Zola-Morgan & Squire, 1993, p. 347). The amygdala is one of the structures that demonstrates the varied nature of memory and learning foundations and the impacts in
regards to the different structures of the brain. The amygdala essentailly mediates the memory storage of memories that are linked to emotional expeirences (McGaugh, 2004). The
role of the amygdala reflects the fact that memory exists in more than one form and that working memory is not always integrated into long-term memories. The amygdala works
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