the hippocampus is responsible for memory retrieval but does it do anything else??

the hippocampus is responsible for memory retrieval but does it do anything else??

 

Although animal studies show a strong association with spatial memory formation and hippocampal damage has produced a number of autonomic and behavioral effects, the hippocampus in humans has been functionally associated with the formation of explicity or declarative memory. In humans, our implicit and/or procedural memory formation remain largely intact when the hippocampus is damaged; however, our ability to form new memories of recent events and facts (explicit memory) becomes severely impaired. Rather than memory retrieval, memory formation seems to be the primary function of the hippocampus. Recent studies are suggesting an association between the right hippocampus and the "aquisition of new spatial information." I hope this helps.

Although animal studies show a strong association with spatial memory formation and hippocampal damage has produced a number of autonomic and behavioral effects, the hippocampus in humans has been functionally associated with the formation of explicity or declarative memory. In humans, our implicit and/or procedural memory formation remain largely intact when the hippocampus is damaged; however, our ability to form new memories of recent events and facts (explicit memory) becomes severely impaired. Rather than memory retrieval, memory formation seems to be the primary function of the hippocampus. Recent studies are suggesting an association between the right hippocampus and the "aquisition of new spatial information." I hope this helps.

also because it happens to be a part of the limbic system