#memory-formation

#memory-formation

The human brain has 86 billion neurons connected by roughly 100 trillion synapses, making it one of the most complex objects in the known universe. Each year neuroscientists make fascinating, important and downright strange discoveries about how this resilient structure works, and 2025 didn't disappoint. Here are 10 of the most fascinating brain discoveries of this year for your own brain to noodle on.

Müller and Pilzecker argued that the act of learning itself did not immediately lead to the formation of lasting memory, requiring additional time and effort for consolidation.