New insights into memory formation and retrieval.

https://theness.com/neurologicablog/inde...backwards/

One more piece to the memory puzzle seems to be falling into place. The question is – what steps do our brains go through when recalling a memory? Researchers have been focusing on visual memory, because it is easiest to model and image, and they have found that memories are recalled in a reverse of the process by which they are formed.

https://theness.com/neurologicablog/inde...backwards/

Is any of that new? I have always assumed that I recall memories by working backwards through associations - is that in any way different? Also, does it tell us anything new about memory or is it all about recall (different things but often confused or conflated). 

Perhaps it confirms that the computer analogy is wrong?