The hippocampal formation is a group of brain regions, including the hippocampus and some other structures closely connected ...

This process accounts for instances where we can retrieve just the contextual elements of a memory, while forgetting the specific details, a process that is not well-accounted for in the existing ...

Memory is a continually unfolding process. Initial details of an experience take shape in memory; the brain’s representation of that information then changes over time. With subsequent ...

New research from the University of Chicago challenges long-held beliefs about how synaptic plasticity contributes to memory ...

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2025 — A team of scientists has unveiled how the hippocampus orchestrates multiple memory processes, including encoding new information, forming memories, and retrieving ... Jan. 29, 2025 ...

The terms consolidation and reconsolidation refer to transient neurobiological processes that are thought to implement changes in synaptic efficacy in neurons that participate in forming a memory ...

"Our work not only expands our understanding of how memories are formed but also suggests exciting new possibilities for manipulating higher order memory processes," she said. "This could have ...

Past neuroscience studies suggest that memories of events that occurred at short time intervals from one another are often connected, via a process referred to as memory linking. While memory ...