Googling Your Brain

"Researchers analyzed brain scans of people as the test subjects watched pictures on a cmputer screen. The images were divided into three categories: celebrities, places, and everyday objects like tweezers and a pocket mirror.

Later, without any images and while their brains were still being scanned, the subjects were asked to recall as many of the images as they could. The researchers found that the patterns of brain activity associated with each picture "reinstated" themselves seconds before the people could verbally recall the memories.

On average, the time between beginning brain activity associated with the memory and the subjects verbally stating the memory was about 5.4 seconds.


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