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    • Apr 26, 2021

The Brain Rotates Memories to Save Them From New Sensations

New research demonstrates better how the brain "rotates" memories at 90 degree angles in order to "juggle" sensory information and short term memories: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-brain-rotates-memories-to-save-them-from-new-sensations-20210415/. Here's the research publication: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-021-00821-9.

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