What does a memory in my brain look like? Memories are not just about the past: they are what thought and self are made of. We visit the brain’s vaults to find out how they actually work.

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A study published Thursday in the journal Cell suggests that they are also critical to the process of making memories. A form of glucose called glycogen is stored inside these spider-like cells.

Look to art, said Schiller. “Art has a very intimate relationship with memory,” she said. “The only way to keep memories as they are … is to carve them into a story or art form that ...