At the gathering, another part of the brain working hard is the hippocampus. The hippocampus is responsible for long term memory. The long term memories helps to insure that the names of friends aren't forgotten or that the rules to the card game being played are correct. The hippocampus will also insure that days later, the fun memories of the gathering can be reminisced about when the friends are all together again. Another situation when the hippocampus is in use would be when retaining information in a class. The information is later remembered for tests/quizzes or when the teacher asks a question on what was previously taught. …show more content…
The hypothalamus releases hormones that are in charge of different functions. For example it’ll release a hormone to let the body know that it’s hungry for the pizza that’s waiting in the kitchen. The hypothalamus will also send signals to tell the body to take a drink or have another slice of the delicious pizza. When it gets later in the evening the hypothalamus will also let the body know when it’s time to leave because it’s getting tired. The hypothalamus is also in use during different weather situations. It’ll let the body know when it’s too cold to be outside in the snow wearing shorts or that it’s too hot to be outside in the summer sun wearing a downy