UCLA Researchers Identify Brain Circuit Controlling Memory Organization

UCLA researchers identify brain circuit controlling memory organization

When a person has a new experience, their brain faces a subtle but critical decision: should this experience be categorized with other stored memories, or should it be filed away as its own new memory? Getting it right allows the brain to help people navigate the world.

The Brain Circuit That Decides Where One Memory Ends and the Next Begins

A mouse stands in a small chamber it has never been shocked in. The walls are smooth and white, the floor a particular texture, and nothing bad has ever

Study Reveals Brain Circuit That Keeps Memories From Getting Mixed Up

UCLA scientists identify the brain circuit that controls how memories are organized and why it can fail in psychiatric disorders.