Question

Why patients with lesions in the limbic system may have no trouble recalling remote events but have difficulty forming new memories? Explain in a paragraph and add examples.

Answer 1

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result from damage to brain structures that form the limbic system, which controls your emotions and memories. These structures include the thalamus, which lies deep within the center of your brain, and the hippocampal formations, which are situated within the temporal lobes of your brain.

Hippocampus store new memories

example: if hippocampus damage,

Alzheimer's disease occurs. the person can experience a loss of memory and a loss of the ability to make new, long-term memories. It may be that damage to the hippocampus is involved.