Memory retrieval: reactivating sensory cortex.
Associating information with vivid sensory cues aids recall of that information. New experiments help shed some light on the brain mechanisms of memory retrieval that make this mnemonic technique so effective.
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Molecular Neurobiology Laboratory, The Salk Institute, 10010 N Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA. sunil@salk.edu
D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008568:Memory; D011939:Mental Recall; D013003:Somatosensory Cortex / Q000502:physiology*