Human memory: How we make, remember, and forget memories

MIT scientists implant a false memory into a mouse’s brain: So why is the brain, whether rodent or human, so susceptible to muddling up the past?

“My hypothesis is that, actually, this is a trade-off of other functions that the human brain acquired during evolution,” Tonegawa said. “Human beings are very imaginative and creative animals.”

Ramirez agrees: “Memories are remarkable, and they are nature’s only real-time machine that exists right now. But sometimes those details, the bits of information in your brain, can get misincorporated and misassociated with other bits.”

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