Memories Archives

A ‘Memory Switchboard’ in the Hippocampus May Help Explain How the Brain Learns Without Overwriting Old Memories

Austin Burgess·June 12, 2026

New research identifies a mechanism that may explain how the brain can take in new experiences without erasing stored memeories.

Physicists are revisiting the bizarre paradox of "Boltzmann brains," and whether memories could be illusions created by chance from "cosmic static."

Austin Burgess·March 11, 2026

A recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience found that the brain can reactivate stored memories even without conscious awareness.

Austin Burgess·December 9, 2025

A recent neuroscience review questions the long-held belief that memories are unchanging records of past events.

A team of researchers think they've found the protein responsible for how our memories get hardwired into our brain. What could go wrong?