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a seahorse-shaped librarian that decides which moments become memories and which evaporate
name originGreek for seahorse, which it actually resembles
grows neuronsone of few brain regions making new cells in adults
taxi proofLondon cabbies have measurably enlarged hippocampi
first to fallAlzheimer's attacks it early, stealing recent memories
sleep jobreplays the day's events to lock in learning