New scientist (1971), 2012-10, Vol.216 (2885), p.36-36
2012
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- A likely story
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- New scientist (1971), 2012-10, Vol.216 (2885), p.36-36
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- London: New Scientist
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- 2012
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- Weir talks about how to piece together autobiography from the many events in people's lives. So far, three different factors have emerged that might explain this hazy recall. One possibility is that the neural pathways are not mature enough between the hippocampus--where memories are consolidated--and the rest of the brain, so human experiences from this period may never be cemented into long-term storage. Their burgeoning language skills also play a key role, says Martin Conway at City University London, because words provide a kind of scaffold on which people hang their memories for future retrieval.