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Published online 26 February 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060220-19
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Memory aided by meaning
How to get your brain geared up to remember.
Ever struggled to recall something you knew you ought to remember? Part of the problem might be that your brain just wasn't ready to store the memory in the first place.
Neuroscientists have discovered that how successfully you form memories depends on your frame of mind not just during and after the event in question, but also before it.
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