The Usefulness of a Memory Guides Where the Brain Saves It | Quanta Magazine

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[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

So a mnemonic device. How ordinary.

[–]twolanterns 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

usefulness is more complex and larger networks - reinforced like highway structure - and being so reinforced grow out extending into the action areas of the brain