Surprise! Neural mechanism may underlie an enhanced memory for the unexpected
Wednesday, February 24, 2010 - 23:14
in Psychology & Sociology
The human brain excels at using past experiences to make predictions about the future. However, the world around us is constantly changing, and new events often violate our logical expectations. Researchers have discovered that unexpected stimuli enhanced an early and a late electrical potential in the hippocampus and the late signal was associated with a memory for the unexpected picture.