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