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Influenced by a person's movement, body posture, facial expressions

A neural center located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage. When awake, organizes information and sends it to the cortex for short term storage

Removal of his hippocampus and amygdala at age 27 to end his epileptic seizures, unable to form new long-term episodic memories, though previous memories were retained

Your brain organizes memories tied to events. A familiar smell or sound may take you back to the memory of a person or event. Memories connected to other senses are also activated.

A survival mechanism

bad strategy to deal with stress

Makes a person less attentive because the brain does not have its own supply of energy

Toxins are cleared out. The cortex reactivates repeatedly and the hippocampus organizes memory into the long-term. Getting it proper and non-drugged is most important for learning and the easiest thing you can do to improve performance. The amount needed and time of day/night changes throughout the lifespan.

A High Number of Individuals Hit By Vehicles During Exercise Were Hit Because They Could Not Hear the Vehicle

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A critical element in maintaining the brain and the body's functions