MIT discovers the location of memories: Individual neurons

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MIT discovers the location of memories: Individual neurons

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MIT discovers the location of memories: Individual neurons
by Sebastian Anthony on March 23, 2012

MIT researchers have shown, for the first time ever, that memories are stored in specific brain cells. By triggering a small cluster of neurons, the researchers were able to force the subject to recall a specific memory. By removing these neurons, the subject would lose that memory.  ...