Electrodes show a glimpse of memories emerging in a brain

Certain nerve cells sync their firing just before a recollection resurfaces

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ALTOGETHER NOW  Fast ripples of activity appear in the hippocampus, a memory center in the brain, right before a person describes a previously seen image, a study finds.

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Seconds before a memory pops up, certain nerve cells jolt into collective action.