Inside us
Memory
Past experience changes what your brain can do next.
Memory depends on interacting brain systems. The hippocampus is important for forming certain new memories; memory is not stored in one universal filing cabinet.
A closer look
The picture, in three parts.
Experience
The brain receives and processes information.
Form
Networks contribute to building a memory.
Recall
Later activity allows aspects of it to be retrieved.
Where could this take you next?
Sources & further reading +
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Sources checked: 10 September 2026. Visuals are illustrations, not documentary evidence.
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