Where are Long Term memories stored?
The part of the brain normally known as Hippocampus It is thought to be in the region.
But Mazahir T. Hasan of the Max Planck Institute for Health Research and José Maria Delgado-Garcìa of the University of Seville, Pablo de Olavide of Spain, say it's not in that area, Cerebral cortexThey found data indicating that it was registered in .
The reason it's thought to be in the hippocampus region was that people with brain damage to these areas are unable to recall newly learned information. However, the results of the duo's research reveal that the hippocampus is responsible for storing memories, but long-term memories are actually stored in the cerebral cortex.
The cerebral cortex is the formation that covers the brain, known as gray matter.
Science Daily-Long-Term Memory Stored in the Cortex
