clarification of the functions & locations of thalamus, hippocampus & amygdala

[CrackityJones]

Hippocampus:
plays the important role of consolidation of information from short term memory to long term memory as well as spatial navigation. It is the first area to be damaged when diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

Thalamus:
located deep within the brain, responsible for the direction of most our attention, acts as a relay station between our senses and cortex, damage results in difficulty processing sensory information.

Amygdala:
responsible for recall of emotional significance of an event and processing of procedural memories eg; fear, sadness, anger, excitement.

Would just like some clarification on this and wondering if there was anything missing
THANKS!

[ReganM]

How is fear, sadness, anger and excitement an example of procedural memory?

Where did you get the information on the procedural memory stuff? All I've heard about that is from Word-of-Mouth. :|

[CrackityJones]

thats what i got from a set of tssm notes, that procedural memories such as ... lets say.. riding a skate board is scary, know what i mean?

[hotdog169]

to be more specific for hippocampus you can add plays a role in formation of semantic and episodic memroies (H.M)

for thalamus maybe also add:crucial role in influeing our wakefulness and alertness, also influences attention (by giving more to others and less to others)

not to clear on the Amygdala but something with role in implicit memories :S can someone clear it up?

[buzzwith]

The Amygdala is essential for the formation of Implicit memories and the formation of Procedural memories (along with the Cerebellum)

[supersunshinex3]

Where is the Amygdala located? D:

[alypew]

In both medial temporal lobes

[supersunshinex3]

So there's one on each side? Lol I always forget that there's two of everything xD
It's okay to just say it's in the medial temporal lobes, no need to be really specific about where in the medial temporal lobes they're located?

Thanks :D

[alypew]

I'm not sure if we need to be more specific about it, but I'm pretty sure that it's located next to the hippocampus.
..So, wherever the hippocampus is located, it's right next to there!

[Glockmeister]

I've always understood procedural memory to be something akin to a memory bank for instructions.

[xtremeownage]

Did we need to talk about the thalamus? dayum,............