CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD

MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which brain region in the limbic system helps process explicit memories of facts and events?
A
Hippocampus
B
Hypothalamus
C
Amygdala
D
Cerebellum
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Hippocampus. The hippocampus, located in the brain’s temporal lobe, is where episodic memories are formed and indexed for later access.

Detailed explanation-2: -Being an integral part of the limbic system, hippocampus plays a vital role in regulating learning, memory encoding, memory consolidation, and spatial navigation.

Detailed explanation-3: -Shaffer’s Collaterals: These are axon collaterals given off by CA3 cells of hippocampus coruna and project to CA1 region. Apart from being important part of hippocampal tri-synaptic loop; this part plays an important role in memory formation and also in emotional network of Papez circuit.

Detailed explanation-4: -The frontal lobes and hippocampus are parts of the brain network dedicated to explicit memory formation.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hippocampus. The hippocampus, like many other structures in the brain, comes as a pair, one in each hemisphere of the brain. It resembles the shape of a curvy seahorse (and is named after its scientific genus) and is essentially the memory centre of our brains.

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