Erich Jarvis believes that birds' basal ganglia are also involved in memory and general learning, and suggests that at some point soon these functions will be added to the widely accepted view of ...

More information: Aneri V Soni et al, Adaptive chunking improves effective working memory capacity in a prefrontal cortex and ...

Nested deeper within the brain are essential structures such as the basal ganglia, the amygdala, and the hippocampus. Toward the bottom of the brain are more primitive structures, including the ...

It may also cause problems with memory and thinking. Corticobasal syndrome ... as well as deep structures (the basal ganglia). These brain regions are heavily involved in the control of movement, so ...

Long-term memory is information encoded in the brain ... memories that are unconscious and depend on the basal ganglia and cerebellum.

As the birds slowly perfected their tunes, the research team also measured dopamine levels in the birds’ basal ganglia, a brain region involved in learning motor skills. They used optogenetics, a ...