Page 65 - (DK) How to be a GENIUS?

Putammen Cortex Memories
e
Prefrontal cortex Learned skills of personal and Recognition and recall
Short-term and procedures life events
r
y
memories It is much easier to recognize a memory you are
looking for than to recall it. Look at the picture
of the girl below for five seconds and then cover
h
o
her up. Now look for her in the photo on the
h
g
right. Even though you’ve
g
seen her for a ver ry short
time, you should re
ecognize
her. But if you had to d
h describe
her, you would pro
obably
find it a lot har rder.
Temporal lobe
Amygdala Learned facts
Unconscious and Hippocampus and details
c
emotional memories Spatial memories
l
Where do we remem
mber?
e the main areas
The cortex and hippocam
Th d hi mpus ar e
of the brain responsible for mem
mory, but different
parts of the brain store different types of memories.
y
y
p
eopl
e
eople
e
eo
r
e
ry
r
f
f
f
few
e
fe
f
p
p
p
w
few
w
w
e
p
ery
op
V V Ve Ve Ve Ve ry f f fe wp eo p l l e
Very ffew peoeoplee
er
e
ery
e
m
r
r
e
e
r
r
r
m
m
m
r
me
me
er
e
e
m
e
b
ber
e
e
e
em
e
a
a
n
can rrememb er
can
n
a c c
r
r
re
mb

m
m
Use it o or lose it
fr
f
f
f
fr
f
o
from
fr
fr
ro
fr
r
r
r
fr
f
ro
g
g
n
h
n
n a
t
h
h
t
y
y
y
anythhing from
If you d don’t think a anyt h i i i n g fr o m
about t the data in
short-t term memory,
o
o
or
e
e
re
r
re
r
r
fo
ef
b b b
efor
e
age
g
ag
ag
fo
f
f
f
e
e

f
t
the
the
e
h

h
t
e
et
e
e
e
it is los st after around beforre the aage
20 sec o onds.
e.
e
e
f
h
e

t
t
t
t
t
t
re
f
r
r
re
f
f
f o o o
f
e
e
h
h
e.
e
e
h
of three.
f
f
f
h
Sh hort-term memory
Thhi s h li i d
hi has limited space,
annd information is soon
lost if you don’t think
s
abbout it enough to pass
m
it on to long-term memory. L Long-term memory
A Any information that
t
ent ers your long-term
m
memory is carefully
c
file ed away so that you
can easily recall it.
Involuntary recall
Have you ever found yourself smellingsmelling
Hav e y ou e v er f ound y our self
something and suddenly remembering
a certain time or place very strongly?
This sensation is called involuntary recall,
because your brain has retrieved the memory
by itself, without any prompting from your
conscious mind. Sounds and sights canan
nd sights c
also cause this, but smells are
especially powerful, perhapps
r
because the part of your brain
sel
that processes scent is closselyy
linked to your memory.
63
(c) 2011 Dorling Kindersley. All Rights Reserved.