 Scientists say it may be possible to predict how well we will remember something before the event has even taken place. By analysing scans, they discovered the brain must get into the 'right frame of mind' to store new information. For top performance, the brain must mobilise its resources, not only at the moment we get new information, but also in the seconds before. The University College London research features in Nature Neuroscience. Previously it was thought that brain activity after an event, not before the event, was key. Lead researcher Dr Leun Otten said: "It sounds a bit like clairvoyance in the sense that we're able to predict whether someone will remember a word before they even see it. "Scientists knew that brain activity changes as you store things into memory but now we have found brain activity that tells how well your memory will work in advance." ...
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