Cerebral localization of higher functions: Memory-related anatomic structures

ABSTRACT The nature of memory and the search for its localization have been a subject of interest since Antiquity. After millennia of theoretical concepts, shifting from the heart to the brain, then from the ventricles to solid parts, the core memory-related structures finally began to be identified through modern scientifically-based methods at the diencephalic and cortical (hippocampal and neocortical) levels, mostly in the late Modern period, culminating in the current state of knowledge on the subject.

摘要 记忆的本质及其定位探索，自古典时代以来便一直是学界关注的重要课题。历经数千年的理论观念演进：从最初将记忆定位于心脏，逐步转向大脑；又从脑室区域转向脑实质组织，核心记忆相关结构最终于近现代晚期，通过现代科学研究方法在间脑（diencephalon）与皮层（海马体（hippocampus）及新皮层（neocortex））层面得以明确甄别，该领域的认知也随之发展至当前的学术水平。