
Electric 'Ripples' in the Resting Brain Tag Memories for Storage
The Quanta Podcast
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Understanding Sharp Wave Ripples: The Brain's Memory Mechanism
This chapter delves into sharp wave ripples in the mammalian brain, emphasizing their crucial role in memory formation and consolidation. It shares researchers' discoveries and insights on how these electrical bursts connect the hippocampus to other brain regions during states of consciousness.
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