Exploring the Intricate Link Between Memory and the Brain

The human brain is a complex structure that associates with different functions of our life, such as reasoning, problem solving, speaking, visual processing and the memory processing. Moreover, the brain plays a highly important role for encoding and recall different kids of memories. Since computer have been invented, people use CT and PET to discover that there have many regions in the brain are associated with memory processing. Although these technologies help people to explore better the relationship between brain and memory, however the reality cases studying can make people comprehend the impact of life closely about what if some regions of the brain have been damaged. And the experimental study in brain regions also useful for evaluating

They discover that his hippocampus and some frontal regions of the brain has been damaged by the herpes simplex encephalitis (Dolores, 2013). Therefor, they summarize that the reason of why Clive suffer in the Amnesia are caused by the hippocampus is not effected. The Hippocampus is a structure that located inside in the temporal lobe, and that is a part of the limbic system. The function of Hippocampus is similar to a post office used for encoding, storage and recalling memories, all presenting information would first remain, analysis and encoded in the Hippocampus then transmit them to different areas of the brain. In other word, Clive cannot able to encode memory and held information which is currently aware, and difficult to forming new long-term memory such as explicit and semantic memory in his life. Clive Wearing now 78 years old already, he still cannot recover from the anterograde amnesia, he becomes a man who has the shortest memory in the world. His daily life has been influenced by his memory problem completely, he can remember his wife and play piano, however, he expresses surprise and exciting when his wife leave him about few second. Herpes simplex encephalitis also destroyed his frontal regions, that cause him have a poor emotional processing. He often gets angry and not able to cope with his emotional expression, especially when he senses that he is forgetting something again.

He cannot remember events before he engaged in surgery, similar to Clive Wearing, he cannot form new memory after the surgery (Godwin, 2013). In other word, Henry cannot encode and compose short-term memory, and recall long-term memory of his past experience. Additionally, Henry’s amygdala also has been removed from this surgery, that cause him obstruct to learn fear from daily life and remember some unpleasant events. Therefore, Henry always expresses happiness more than sad and unhappy emotion. It is an interesting finding which amygdala is associated with fear memory and emotional expression. Henry Gustav died in