MIND AND BRAIN

Memories harder to forget than currently thought

While it might not seem so the next time you go searching for your car keys, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania have shown that memories are not as fluid as current research suggests.  Their findings challenge the prevailing notion on how memories are stored and remembered or that a recalled memory could be altered or lost as it is "re-remembered."
According to the researchers, the prominent theory of how memories are stored cannot account for the return of a supposedly forgotten memory. Accounting for the temporary loss of memories following the act of remembering will require further study.