Each memory is stored in a specific population of neurons called engram cells. When a memory is linked with another to generate an associative memory, two memory traces overlap. At the same time, ...

The experience of déjà vu is both fascinating and unsettling—a fleeting moment where you feel as if you’ve lived through a situation before, even though you know it’s happening for the first time. For ...

Memories are formed through long-term changes in synaptic efficacy, a process known as synaptic plasticity, and are stored in the brain in specific neuronal ensembles called engram cells, which are ...