For memories to be properly remembered, the brain needs to: 1) retrieve specific contexts without confusing them with similar ones, and 2) use those contexts as stable scaffolds for new experiences.
𝗔 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 ‘𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲’ 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 ‘𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’!