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Brain injury sufferers display functioning memory of where objects are placed, scientists have said.

Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, noted that brain injury patients have the ability to remember the arrangement of items placed on a table and reproduce this.

The team found that when three objects or fewer were involved, the patients displayed working memory function similar to that of people with no damage to the brain, explained lead author professor Larry Squire.

However, he noted that "their performance abruptly collapsed when the limit of working memory was reached," which was when four or more objects were used.

"The findings provide strong evidence for a fundamental distinction in the brain between working memory and long-term memory, even in the realm of spatial information and spatial-object associations," added professor Squire.

Recent findings from US and Australian researchers isolated a new pathway by which the brain learns and stores memories.

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