Brain Circuits for Recalling Salient Visual Experiences

Imagine you are a kid walking by a pair of golden arches and soon after, you start munching on a delicious burger. Later that night, as you’re lying awake in bed in the dark, you might vividly recall these golden arches, then the burger… wait! The arches mean I will get burgers!

What is happening in your brain during this process? We know that sensory experiences activate brain-wide patterns of neurons ...
— Harvard Brain Science Initiative