Where Brain Stores Memory?

Hippocampus. The hippocampus, located in the brain's temporal lobe, is where episodic memories are formed and indexed for later access.

How do brain cells store memory?

Memories occur when specific groups of neurons are reactivated. In the brain, any stimulus results in a particular pattern of neuronal activity—certain neurons become active in more or less a particular sequence. ... Memories are stored by changing the connections between neurons.

Where in the brain is long-term memory stored?

An MIT study of the neural circuits that underlie memory process reveals, for the first time, that memories are formed simultaneously in the hippocampus and the long-term storage location in the brain's cortex.