Approximately 30 percent of neurons are dedicated to learning. With each experience, a different population of neurons is involved for storing that memory. It is possible to bias which neurons will ...

Retrieval is the stage of memory in which the information saved in memory is recalled, whether consciously or unconsciously. It follows the stages of encoding and storage.

We identified functional anatomical subdivisions of human lateral and basal temporal cortex related to recent verbal memory for object names, text and auditory words. Extracellular neuronal ...

For example, memory retrieval is impaired if we have a headache or are stressed. Retrieval is also affected by the outside world; even the wording of questions can change how we recall an event.