Newborn Brain Cells 'Time-stamp' Memories

"Remember when...?" is how many a wistful trip down memory lane begins. But just how the brain keeps tabs on what happened and when is still a matter of speculation. A computational model now suggests that newborn brain cells -- generated by the thousands each day -- add a time-related code, which is unique to memories formed around the same time.

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