Areas of the brain involved in memory are located most closely to areas of the brain responsible for our sense of

The answer to this question would be: smell

The sensory organ that catch smell is located in the nose and will send the signal into the olfactory bulb. The olfactory bulb is located in the bottom part of the brain, near the hippocampus (which was the center of memory), and amygdala (which was the center of emotion).