How does my brain help me remember things?
Brain's Memory Library
How does my brain help me remember things?
Right now, somewhere inside your head, a memory is being filed away — maybe the smell of breakfast, maybe this very sentence. Your brain is doing it without asking you. So how does this squishy, three-pound lump pull off such a trick? Let's go find out.
Start with one tiny worker: a brain cell called a neuron. It's a little like a tree with branches, and it has one job — to pass a message to the next neuron in line. One alone can't do much. But you have billions of them, all reaching out to hold hands.
