Filter information inside the brain.The hippocampus is a small paired structure with a huge number of functions.
Including the "information filter"
The hippocampus "forgets" unnecessary information to lighten this burden for the brain. At the same time, it fixes the necessary one, transferring it from short-term to long-term.
This small part of the brain especially likes to remember the surrounding landscape.
Therefore, for example, London taxi drivers have a slightly enlarged hippocampus
