Sam recently watched the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and became fascinated with the concept of memory and how it is stored in the brain. In the movie, the protagonist tries to forget his ex-girlfriend by undergoing a procedure that destroys the neural circuits that stored all his memories of their relationship. Sam decides to read up on the physiological basis for memory to get a better understanding of how it works.
-At the end of the movie,Sam thinks about how neurogenesis would continue taking place in the brain of the protagonist and how the newly formed neurons would ________________.

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Newly formed neurons are generally more plastic and adaptable, allowing them to integrate into existing neural circuits and recruit new memories more readily than mature neurons.

Sam Recently Watched the Movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless