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

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And so, throughout the day, the more you shift contexts and the more unrelated those contexts are, the harder your brain works to transfer, store, and flush information out of short-term memory.

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We've seen it before -- it's basically a car stereo faceplate that sports 1GB internal memory and connects with your PC to transfer music.

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