# How returning to a prior context briefly heightens memory recall

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**Created:** [December 11, 2018, 8:50pm UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/how-returning-to-a-prior-context-briefly-heightens-memory-recall/1324 "2018-12-11T20:50:09Z")\
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> **[How returning to a prior context briefly heightens memory recall](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/12/181211113027.htm)**
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> Returning to the context where a memory was formed temporarily brings back vivid details of the episode by increasing the electrical excitability of the engrams that store the memory in the brain, a new study shows.

  
Returning to the context where a memory was formed temporarily brings back vivid details of the episode by increasing the electrical excitability of the engrams that store the memory in the brain, a new study shows.