QotW: How much of the brain is memory?

Is there a specific region dedicated to memory? You won't forget this week's question in a hurry

13 August 2021

Part of the show Long COVID: What we now know

BRAIN

Cartoon of the brain.

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Question

David got in touch with us to ask, "How much of the brain is memory?"

Answer

Amy Milton from the University of Cambridge helps Naked Scientist Harrison Lewis wrap his head around this week's question.

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