The hippocampus is a part of the forebrain, located in the medial temporal lobe. It belongs to the limbic system and plays major roles in long term memory and spatial navigation. Humans and other mammals have two hippocampi, one in each side of the brain.
The project seeks to develop an ethical and policy framework for building a medical information commons â a networked environment in which diverse sources of health, medical and genomic data on large populations become broadly available for research and clinical use.
Learning commons. Learning commons, also known as scholars' commons, information commons or digital commons, are learning spaces, similar to libraries and classrooms that share space for information technology, remote or online education, tutoring, collaboration, content creation, meetings and reading or study.