>the brain sorts its memories into different categories that are stored separately, with the neocortex used for reliable generalizations and the hippocampus for exception
Also notable:
>Each time an experience is recalled, there are changes in the connection weights of the network, causing memory elements to get more averaged out. It raises questions about the circumstances under which “eyewitness testimony [could] be protected from bias and influence from repeated onslaughts of queries.”
Eyewitness testimony has been under fire for a long time. IIRC, "flashbulb" memories are perceived to be more well-remembered by those who have them because of the associated emotions, but they're not actually more reliable.
Something that wasn't mentioned in the article, but which it made me wonder about, is conspiracy theories and other magical thinking. Could it be a mis-coding of an exception as something generalizable? That would point to a need for attempting to train people to be more skeptical about new findings.