{"id":9949,"date":"2018-12-12T09:21:00","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T14:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/?p=9949"},"modified":"2020-10-29T22:55:42","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T02:55:42","slug":"how-returning-to-a-prior-context-briefly-heightens-memory-recall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biology.mit.edu\/how-returning-to-a-prior-context-briefly-heightens-memory-recall\/","title":{"rendered":"How returning to a prior context briefly heightens memory recall"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whether it\u2019s the pleasant experience of returning to one\u2019s childhood home over the holidays or the unease of revisiting a site that proved unpleasant, we often find that when we return to a context where an episode first happened, specific and vivid memories can come flooding back. In a new study in\u00a0Neuron<\/em>, scientists in MIT\u2019s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory report the discovery of a mechanism the brain may be employing to make that phenomenon occur.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n