Watching our brains remember multiple things at once

April 22, 2025

Watching our brains remember multiple things at once

Artistic rendering of how the human brain maintains representations of multiple spatial locations in working memory

A new study offers insight into what is happening in our brains when our working memory must use its limited resources to remember multiple things.

Researchers found that two parts of the brain work together to ensure that more brain resources are given to remember a priority item when a person is juggling more than one item in memory.