Author: Ingrid Wickelgren
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How ‘Event Scripts’ Structure Our Personal Memories
Quanta Magazine • 21 Feb 2025 • ~3700 words
Through brain scanning techniques, researchers have uncovered how sequences of familiar events—like dining in a restaurant or navigating an airport—serve as scaffolds for our memories. Ingrid Wickelgren explores how these "event scripts." as scientists call them, help us connect ...