Switchboard In The Brain Helps Us Learn And Remember At The Same Time
Thursday, January 15, 2009 - 21:35
in Psychology & Sociology
The brain is in a constant struggle between learning new experiences and remembering old experiences, PLoS Biology reports. Most social interactions require the rapid exchange of new and old information. Normal conversation requires that while listening to the new information, we are already retrieving information for a reply. Yet, some memory theories assume that these different modes of memory cannot happen at the same time and compete for priority within our brain.