Small deep brain structure may play major role in sustaining working memory, mouse experiments suggest
Reading a sentence, following a conversation, solving a problem or deciding what to do next: all of these rely on working memory. It allows the brain to hold information in mind for a few seconds, even after the stimulus has disappeared, to be able to compare it with new information, manipulate it and use it to guide our behavior. It therefore plays an essential role in the transition from…
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