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'Speed of thought' guides brain's memory consolidation

11-15-2007 · EurekAlert!

Memory consolidation, unconstrained by the interactions between the observer and the world, appears to move between the cortex and the hippocampus at speeds six or seven times faster than the actual events that created the memories.

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