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Mitch Murdock, a doctoral student in the MIT Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, explores the cellular and molecular basis of Alzheimer’s to understand the causes and progression of the disease through new technology and fundamental biological techniques.
An unforgettable time at a restaurant is not just about the food. The odors, the decor, the sound of the band playing, the conversations, and many other features may combine to form a distinctive memory of the night.
As mice navigate different rooms in virtual reality, the prefrontal neurons (top) communicate with those in the hippocampus (bottom) to conjure associated memories.
A study has revealed that with complex memories, the overall experience is stored in the hippocampus but the individual details are parsed and stored elsewhere, in the prefrontal cortex.
While the overall memories of an experience are stored in the hippocampus, individual details are parsed and stored in the prefrontal cortex.