You learn a route in the afternoon. Hours later, while you sleep, the streets do not reappear as a movie inside your head. Yet the memory may become more stable by morning. Inside this episode: - Learning Has Stages - Sleep Is Not One State - Reactivation - Systems Consolidation - Synapses And Selectivity Sources include the references linked below. Sources and further reading: - [Review, About Sleep's Role in Memory](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3768102/) - [Review, Molecular Mechanisms of Memory Consolidation During Sleep](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8636908/) - [Review, Memory Consolidation During Waking Rest](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7024394/) This episode provides general education about memory and the brain. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or an assessment of any listener. Follow How Memory Works for more evidence-led explanations of remembering.
Three friends remember the same dinner. One recalls the music. Another remembers a spilled drink. Inside this episode: - Memory Is Not Playback - The Gist And The Details - Cues Shape Retrieval - What Happens After Recall - New Information Can Join Sources include the references linked below. Sources and further reading: - [National Institute of Mental Health, Memory Reconsolidation Research](https://www.nimh.nih.gov/news/science-updates/2009/non-invasive-technique-blocks-a-conditioned-fear-in-humans) - [National Library of Medicine, Memory Reconsolidation or Updating Consolidation?](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK3905/) - [Review, Understanding the Dynamic and Destiny of Memories](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8783376/) This episode provides general education about memory and the brain. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or an assessment of any listener. Follow How Memory Works for more evidence-led explanations of remembering.
You enter a room, meet a person, and hear a name. Light, sound, emotion, and attention arrive together. A moment later, most of that detail is already gone. Inside this episode: - Experience Is Larger Than Memory - Encoding - Different Memory Systems - The Hippocampus As A Connector - Change At Connections Sources include the references linked below. Sources and further reading: - [National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Brain Basics](https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/public-education/brain-basics) - [National Library of Medicine, Human Memory](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10925/) - [Engram Neurons Review, Encoding Through Forgetting](https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10618102/) This episode provides general education about memory and the brain. It is not medical advice, diagnosis, treatment, or an assessment of any listener. Follow How Memory Works for more evidence-led explanations of remembering.