brain network

Newly discovered brain network recognizes what’s new, what’s familiar

August 14, 2015

Network has broad role in memory, learning processes, study suggests New research from Washington University in St. Louis has identified a novel learning and memory brain network, dubbed the Parietal Memory Network (PMN), that processes incoming information based on whether it’s something we’ve experienced previously or appears to be new and unknown — helping us recognize, for instance, whether a face is that of a … more…