Where are long-term memories stored if not in the hippocampus

The hippocampus is not a warehouse for memories

The hippocampus helps turn new experiences into long-term memories, but it does not seem to store those memories forever. Long-term memories instead depend on lasting changes spread across other parts of the brain.

Young sea slugs can regrow a body from the head

Young Elysia sea slugs can shed a body infected with internal parasites, then regrow a new one from the detached head. The head keeps chloroplasts—parts taken from algae—that let it use sunlight to make food and survive without its digestive system.

The Moon pulls Earth's tides more strongly than the Sun

The Sun's overall gravitational pull on Earth is much stronger than the Moon's. But tides depend on how much gravity changes across Earth, and that change is more sensitive to distance. Because the Moon is so much closer, its tidal effect is more than twice the Sun's.

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Where are long-term memories stored if not in the hippocampus

The hippocampus is not a warehouse for memories

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