
#1601NeuroscienceFront Page20 January 2026
The Chaos of Memory: How Neural Encoding Decides What Sticks
By recording directly from the human brain using over 5,000 electrode channels, researchers have mapped how we perceive objects. They discovered that an object's 'memorability' is processed separately from its visual look or meaning, suggesting a dedicated neural mechanism for deciding what is worth keeping.
By Wang, Brunner, Willie, Cao, Wang