<P> The brain does not store memories in one unified structure, as might be seen in a computer's hard disk drive . Instead, different types of memory are stored in different regions of the brain . Long - term memory is typically divided up into two major headings: explicit memory and implicit memory . </P> <P> Explicit memory (declarative memory) refers to all memories that are consciously available . These are encoded by the hippocampus, entorhinal cortex, and perirhinal cortex, but consolidated and stored elsewhere . The precise location of storage is unknown, but the temporal cortex has been proposed as a likely candidate . Research by Meulemans and Van der Linden (2003) found that amnesiac patients with damage to the medial temporal lobe performed more poorly on explicit learning tests than did healthy controls . However, these same amnesiac patients performed at the same rate as healthy controls on implicit learning tests . This implies that the medial temporal lobe is heavily involved in explicit learning, but not in implicit learning . </P> <P> Declarative memory has three major subdivisions: </P> <P> Episodic memory refers to memory for specific events in time, as well as supporting their formation and retrieval . Some examples of episodic memory would be remembering someone's name and what happened at your last interaction with each other . Experiments conducted by Spaniol and colleagues indicated that older adults have worse episodic memories than younger adults because episodic memory requires context dependent memory . </P>

Where is long term memory stored in what part of brain