The human brain works backwards to retrieve memories

Monday, January 14, 2019 - 10:00 in Psychology & Sociology

When we remember a past event, the human brain reconstructs that experience in reverse order, according to a new study at the University of Birmingham. Understanding more precisely how the brain retrieves information could help us better assess the reliability of eye witness accounts, for example of crime scenes, where people often are able to […]

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