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Northwestern University: Memory helps us evaluate situations on the fly, not just recall the past

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Scientists have long known the brain’s hippocampus is crucial for long-term memory. Now a new Northwestern Medicine study has found the hippocampus also plays a role in short-term memory and helps guide decision-making. Tweet this quoteYour hippocampus uses memory to inform where your eyes look, thereby priming the visual system to learn and reevaluate our […]