Study challenges long-held beliefs about the roles of short-term and long-term memories

Would it surprise you to learn that short-term motor memories that last less than a minute play a bigger role than long-term ones in relearning movements after you've forgotten them? If so, you're not alone: the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) scientists who discovered this were also amazed at the finding.

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