Friday, March 26, 2010

Cognitive Neuroscience Links 03/26/2010

  • The hippocampus, a part of the brain essential for memory, has long been known to "replay" recently experienced events. Previously, replay was believed to be a simple process of reviewing recent experiences in order to help consolidate them into long-term memory. However, researchers have discovered that the replay function of the hippocampus is actually a much more complex, cognitive process.

    tags: brain, decision-making, cogsci


Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.

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