Brain Works backwards to retrieve memories

Brain Works backwards to retrieve memories

The human brain works backwards to retrieve memories

Date: January 14, 2019

Source: University of Birmingham

Summary: When we remember a past event, the human brain reconstructs that experience in reverse order, according to a new study. 

When we remember a past event, the human brain reconstructs that experience in reverse order, according to a new study at the University of Birmingham.

Understanding more precisely how the brain retrieves information could help us better assess the reliability of eye witness accounts, for example of crime scenes, where people often are able to recall the overall 'gist' of an event, but recall specific visual details less reliably

Study Available | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-08080-2.pdf

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