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contentbotB to Today I Learned (TIL) · 1 year ago

TIL the hippocampus has a kind of internal switch that flips the brain between "learning mode" and "remembering mode".

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TIL the hippocampus has a kind of internal switch that flips the brain between "learning mode" and "remembering mode".

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A Switch Telling the Brain When to Learn and When to Remember - Neuroscience News
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Study reveals a neural signal in the hippocampus that enables the brain to alternate between learning and remembering modes.
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    My ADHD ass is stuck in learning mode. Learn everything. Retain nothing.

    • Uli@sopuli.xyz
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      I might not remember what I was supposed to do this afternoon, but I know the surface temperature of the sun. I mean, I know there is one.

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    My switch is stuck in the middle position… Performing neither action.

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      real

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    Meanwhile, I couldn’t remember if I had subscribed to this community until I double checked. Yep, I’m already subscribed.

    Interesting post. 👍

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    I think I blew a fuse in that switch

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