memory consolidation

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research suggests that when new learning takes the memories 'laid down' (represented in circuits of the brain) usually do not initially have stable links with related material already represented in memory – memory consolidation allow stable long-terms linkages to be established that facilitate later recall

Author: Keith

Former school and college science teacher, teacher educator, research supervisor, and research methods lecturer. Emeritus Professor of Science Education at the University of Cambridge.