Parietal Memory Network (IMAGE) Washington University in St. Louis Caption The Parietal Memory Network, a newly discovered memory and learning network shows consistent patterns of activation and deactivation in three distinct regions of the parietal cortex in the brain's left hemisphere -- the precuneus, the mid-cingulate cortex and the dorsal angular gyrus. Credit WUSTL Graphic / Adrian W. Gilmore (Image adapted from <a target="_blank"href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brain_stem_normal_human.svg">Creative Commons original</a> by Patrick J. Lynch, medical illustrator; C. Carl Jaffe, MD, cardiologist.) Usage Restrictions <a target="_blank"href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/deed.en">Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic</a> License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.