基于大脑机制的亲子教养（翻译十五）

Keeping Perspective: The Role of the Hippocampus

保持远见：海马体的作用

In a healthy brain, the amygdala works in conjunction with a structure adjacent to it in the temporal lobe called thehippocampus(seeFigure 1.4).

在健康的大脑中，杏仁核与颞叶相邻的结构相结合，称为海马体。

The hippocampus is a crucial and intriguing part of the your brain because of its multiple roles. It …

海马体的多重功能使它在大脑中处于关键的位置。

• Constructs conscious, autobiographical memories.

构建意识及自传体记忆

注：自传体记忆指对个人复杂生活事件的混合记忆，与记忆的自我体验紧密相联。

• Helps to put emotional reactions in context of time and place.

有助于在时间和地点场景下进行情绪反应。

• Gives birth to new brain cells (neurogenesis).

分裂新的脑细胞（神经发生）

• Helps to regulate the stress response system (Andersen, Morris, Amaral Bliss, & O’Keefe, 2007).

有助于调节压力反馈系统

You can appreciate the many roles of the hippocampus if you have ever known someone with dementia; the hippocampus is eventually destroyed in patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

如果你了解痴呆症患者，你就知道海马的许多作用；海马体在阿尔茨海默病患者中最终会被摧毁。