hippocampus prefrontal cortex: responsible for ficusing attention, attention needed to from memories two kinds or memories: semantic, episodic event boundaries - transitions complete episode and form memories of it chunking and schemas as ways of representing information memory operation is similar to imagination: imagination/planning is memories forward memory: schema + episodes, reconstructed on retrieval memories are of dramatic episodes: formation of events just before the drama, fight or flight reflex empefes executive function perirhinal cortex: sense of familiarity curiosity memories are modified by tge act of remembering, misinformation can be planted by a trusted source at the time of remembering nemory consolidation and re-consolidation