Medial temporal lobe – Knowing Neurons

Illustration by Michal Roessler, next to book cover image of "Remembering" by Donald G. MacKay

Book Review: Remembering

April 10, 2019April 9, 2019 Sean Noah 0 Comments Amnesia, Book Review, Brain Books, Donald G MacKay, Epilepsy, Frederic Bartlett, Henry Molaison, Hippocampus, Medial temporal lobe, Memory, Patient HM, Psychology, synaptic

In the early 20th century, Cambridge psychologist Frederic Bartlett radically reformulated the concept of memory. Until then the classical view, the earliest form of which could be traced back to… Read more

Did You Know? Learning and Memory

Forever Young: The Story of Patient H.M.

October 14, 2015March 5, 2017 Kate Fehlhaber 0 Comments Amygdala, Entorhinal cortex, Episodic memory, H.M., Hippocampus, HM, Learning, Medial temporal lobe, Memory, Motor learning, Patient H.M., Procedural memory

“Do you know what you did yesterday?” asks the doctor. “No, I don’t,” responds the patient.… Read more

Brain Basics Did You Know?

Bet on your Brain: The Psychology of Winning

April 9, 2014March 5, 2017 knowingneurons 0 Comments Adapt, Amygdala, Anatomy, Anterior cingulate, Brain, Dopamine, Emotions, Exercise, Focus, Hippocampus, Insula, Medial temporal lobe, Memory, Neuroanatomy, Nucleus accumbens, Orbitofrontal cortex, Prefrontal Cortex, Psychology, Resilience, Rewire, Striatum, Ventral Tegmental Area, Winning