False memories arise because the brain codes similar ideas similarly
Originally shared by Ward Plunet
False memories arise because the brain codes similar ideas similarly
Efficiency In neural storage allows false memories to arise. Recent advances in imaging have revealed that false memories can be held by the very same cells that hold accurate ones, but we don't have much information about how false memories get there in the first place. A recent study published in PNAS provides some insight into this issue, finding that false memories may arise from similarities among the items being remembered.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/08/false-memories-arise-because-the-brain-codes-similar-ideas-similarly/
False memories arise because the brain codes similar ideas similarly
Efficiency In neural storage allows false memories to arise. Recent advances in imaging have revealed that false memories can be held by the very same cells that hold accurate ones, but we don't have much information about how false memories get there in the first place. A recent study published in PNAS provides some insight into this issue, finding that false memories may arise from similarities among the items being remembered.
http://arstechnica.com/science/2016/08/false-memories-arise-because-the-brain-codes-similar-ideas-similarly/
This might explain the "deja vu" phenomena.
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