The linked beautifully structured science communication article by Cara Martinez (2026) summarizes and didcusses a fascinating scientific study.
Why is the underlying
#study so interesting?
This
#groundbreaking study explains why we often feel as if we perceive
#memories as authentically as real
#photographs. The authors, V. S. Wadia et al. (2026), conducted observations on people who wore electrodes to measure neural activity in their brains as part of epilepsy treatment. The study revealed that when the
#humanbrain recalls a memory, it activates approximately 40 percent of the same
#neuralnetworks that were involved in perceiving the event as it occurred.
The brain region that becomes active when a person looks at a photograph, for example, is the
#Gyrus #fusiformis. This brain region is responsible for processing higher-order
#visualstimuli. The researchers were able to decipher 80 percent of the
#neuralcode of the neural networks activated in the study. Why are such results groundbreaking? Firstly, they can have interesting
#practicalapplications. Not all images our brain creates through memory are desirable. The research findings could therefore be helpful in the medical
#treatment of
#posttraumatic stress
#disorder and similar conditions. But the study was also groundbreaking because it provides a prime example of how appropriately specialized
#AI can contribute to significant progress in the natural sciences, in this case, in deciphering neural code.
This text Stefan F. Wirth, April 2026, Berlin
Reference:
Detailed science writing article about the Gyrus fusiformis, Shahab Shahid, MBBS (2023):
kenhub.com/en/library/anatom…
V. S. Wadia et al. (2026):
doi.org/10.1126/science.adt8…