Also related, but not yet confirmed: &quot;Time cells&quot;, which are also located in the hippocampus: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nature.com&#x2F;nrn&#x2F;journal&#x2F;v15&#x2F;n11&#x2F;abs&#x2F;nrn3827.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.nature.com&#x2F;nrn&#x2F;journal&#x2F;v15&#x2F;n11&#x2F;abs&#x2F;nrn3827.html</a><p>One can possibly think of the hippocampus as a &#x27;space-time integrator&#x27; that continuously indices high-level activation patterns from the cortex and stores them much like a log book. Memories in the hippocampus last minutes to months, after which they are either transferred to long-term memory in the cortex or lost.