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The "barcodes" powering these tiny songbirds' memories may also help human memory : Short Wave

Chickadees have impressive episodic memory, storing food in numerous locations and recalling these stashes when needed.
The unique patterns of neural activity in the hippocampus, akin to barcodes, play a crucial role in the chickadees' memory and navigation abilities. [ more ]
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Chickadees Use Brain-Cell Barcodes' to Remember Where They Stashed Their Snacks

Black-capped Chickadees store food in thousands of locations for times of scarcity with precise memory on the location and content.
Chickadees activate unique barcodelike patterns in their brain for storing and retrieving food memories without mixing them up. [ more ]
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