How to Use limbic system in a Sentence

limbic system

noun
  • Specifically, the seat of our mental map lies in a part of the brain called the limbic system.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Fear originates from one of the oldest parts of the brain, the limbic system, which goes into overdrive when people are faced with scary situations.
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
  • How scent memory works in the brain Smell is processed in the brain’s limbic system, the region that handles emotion and memory.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 16 June 2026
  • The overthinking loop, the freezing, the feeling young and overwhelmed—that's her prefrontal cortex getting hijacked by limbic system activation.
    — Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The olfactory nerve is so tied to the brain’s limbic system, including the amygdala and hippocampus, that the merest whiff can trigger a powerful rush of memories.
    — Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Why scent triggers memory so powerfully Smell is processed in the brain’s limbic system, the region that handles emotion and memory.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 16 June 2026
  • The limbic system has two neighboring regions, the hippocampus and the entorhinal cortex, both of which are implicated in spatial cognition.
    — Literary Hub, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The limbic system is also responsible for triggering immediate and powerful memories and emotions in response to certain smells.
    — Paul Nicolaus, Outside, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Somewhere deep in the limbic system, a synapse fires like a flare, tracing the old circuitry of migration and memory — that annual pull toward the wide-open deserts of the American Southwest.
    — Josh Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Studies have revealed that the hippocampus, a component of the brain’s limbic system, generates between 700 to 1,500 new neurons daily.
    — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Unlike our other senses, which pass through the brain’s primary sensory control center, the olfactory system has a direct pathway to the limbic system, a group of brain structures that regulate behavior and motivation.
    — Paul Nicolaus, Outside, 22 Nov. 2025
  • The shallow sensors were thus unable to access deep brain regions—such as the hypothalamus, thalamus, basal ganglia, and limbic system—that govern hunger, thirst, sleep, pain, memory, emotions, and other important perceptions and behaviors.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2022

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