Layman's question on the biology of Long-term memory.

[Glen M. Sizemore]

I'll give you an answer that you won't hear too often, that also has the
virtue of being correct: the brain does not "store" anything. It is a
metaphor, and a bad one. Exposure to an ontogenic environment changes the
brain, and as a result an organism's behavior is changed. The metaphor has
been most damaging.

"Odhinn" <odhinn at hushmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have gone through a good bit of material on the internet trying to
> find the answer to this question:  Where does long-term memory reside
> in the brain?  I know the neocortex has a function in forming them,
> but where are they stored?  How does the hippocampus figure in?  If a
> layman's question is inappropriate for this group, I apologize ahead
> of time.
>
> Odhinn