Parts of the Brain involved in memory
Prefrontal cortex, parts of temporal lobes
Efficient encoding of words and pictures, working memory, source monitoring.
Cerebellum
Formation and retention of simple classically conditioned responses
Hippocampus
Formation of long-term declarative memories; aids in the retrieval of specific memories; may bind together diverse elements of a memory so it can be retrieved later as a coherent entity.
Amygdala
Formation, consolidation, and retrieval of emotional memories
Frontal Lobes
Short-term memory and working-memory tasks
Cerebral cortex
Storage of long-term memories, possibly in areas involved in the original perception of the information