Researchers have used brain imaging to show how memories can be reactivated in the brain without them reaching conscious awareness, showing that these memories persist even when we think they have been forgotten.
Scientists from the University of Nottingham’s School of Psychology used Magnetoencephalography (MEG) to show how our brains reactivate memories even when we can’t recall them, suggesting that the brain remembers even if we don’t. The results have been published in Journal of Neuroscience.
Neural oscillations are rhythmic electrical activity in the brain often referred to as brain waves. These are essential for encoding, storing, and retrieving memories by synchronizing neural populations. Oscillations specifically facilitate memory formation, spatial navigation, and episodic memory binding in…