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How groups of neurons support the formation of memories
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Neuroscientists and psychologists have been trying to understand how the human brain supports learning and the encoding of memories for over a century. Past studies suggest that memories are stored by groups of brain cells (i.e., neurons), which become active together and produce what is known as an engram.