Special brain cells may signal when to start new memories

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A newly discovered kind of brain cell involved in memory formation seems to mark the boundaries between distinct events as we experience them.

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The neurons, which have been called boundary cells, fire when new events happen, such as if we see someone walking into a room. In the latest study, Rutishauser’s team asked 19 such people to watch carefully constructed film sequences while the recording took place, listening to about 30 cells per person.

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