Exploring How the Brain Sorts Memories by Time (VIDEO)

University of California - Davis

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An area of the brain called the hippocampus stores memories based on their sequence in time, instead of by their content, UC Davis researchers have found. The discovery has implications for understanding how we remember similar events that occurred at different times.

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Andy Fell, UC Davis

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