To transfer information from short-term to long-term memory, the brain requires periods of rest.

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Because his long-term memory is better than his short-term memory, Bordisso moved back to his childhood home in Sacramento, California.

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So this study seems to provide some neurological evidence for Dr Ericsson's idea that long-term working-memory function underpins prodigy-level performance.

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