Hippocampus: Tess, Justin, Jess by https://padlet.com/lzuidema/31vz4r7m6ao9 Made with wonder en-us 2016-08-22 23:34:50 UTC 2026-01-29 07:08:28 UTC hello@padlet.com The hippocampus, Latin for seahorse, is used in memory, learning and emotions. It is located in the medial temporal lobe, at the centre of the brain. https://padlet.com/lzuidema/31vz4r7m6ao9/wish/119269918 2016-08-22 23:42:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lzuidema/31vz4r7m6ao9/wish/119269918 The emotional Asspects https://padlet.com/lzuidema/31vz4r7m6ao9/wish/119270143 Experiencing a traumatic event in childhood up to 12 years is related to higher rates of major depression than is experiencing a traumatic event in adolescence after age 13 early exposure to abuse and stress is associated with reduced hippocampal volume, synaptic density, and additional brain alterations.]]> 2016-08-22 23:44:28 UTC https://padlet.com/lzuidema/31vz4r7m6ao9/wish/119270143 https://padlet.com/lzuidema/31vz4r7m6ao9/wish/119270559
]]> 2016-08-22 23:48:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lzuidema/31vz4r7m6ao9/wish/119270559 The Hippocampus is designed to link information with previously identified knowledge or past experience. If it succeeds and understands this information, it creates a relative memory, also known as a short-term memory. The information will then be sent to and stored in the prefrontal cortex. https://padlet.com/lzuidema/31vz4r7m6ao9/wish/119271523 2016-08-22 23:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lzuidema/31vz4r7m6ao9/wish/119271523 It is during childhood and adolescence that the brain both overproduces and weeds out synapses. According to Nauert (2008), “Learning and memory take place at synapses, which are junctions through which brain cells communicate. These synapses reside on specialized branchlike protrusions on neurons called dendritic spines” https://padlet.com/lzuidema/31vz4r7m6ao9/wish/119271875 2016-08-23 00:04:29 UTC https://padlet.com/lzuidema/31vz4r7m6ao9/wish/119271875 Memory: The hippocampus is used for long term memory, but not short term or procedural memory functions. In a normal brain, there are two hippocampus, so that if one gets injured, normal memory functions can continue. The hippocampus detects novel situations, stimuli, events and places. It is necessary for making new memories. Alzheimer’s affects the hippocampus first and most severely, because it affects the ability to make new memories, meaning they don’t remember things that just happened, and they live in the past. The hippocampus is affected by depression and schizophrenia, both of which cause the hippocampus to shrink. It can be reversed with proper treatment. https://padlet.com/lzuidema/31vz4r7m6ao9/wish/119272052

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