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New research suggests that the brain creates at least three copies of each memory. This also includes those encoded by early-formed neurons, which appear purple in a microscope cross-section of a mouse hippocampus. (Image credit: Biozentrum, University of Basel)

The brain stores at least three copies of each memory 

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New research in mice suggests that the brain creates multiple copies of memories, allowing it to regulate their change over time
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