"The long-held theory that our brains use different mechanisms for forming long-term and short-term memories has been challenged by new research from UCL, published in PNAS...

... Nathan Cashdollar, UCL Institute of Neurology and first author of the paper, added: 'Recent behavioural observations had already begun challenging the classical distinction between long-term and short-term memory which has persisted for nearly half a century. However, this is the first functional and anatomical evidence showing which mechanisms are shared between short-term and long-term memory and which are independent.'" - Continued: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 … 173724.htm

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