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Show Notes for Episode 3: In Search of Memory by Eric R Kandel
Dr. Eric R. Kandel won the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 2000 for his work with the giant marine snail Aplysia. His work helped uncovered the molecular mechanisms of short- and long-term memory.
In this episode, I talk about Dr. Kandel’s autobiography, In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind. The focus of the podcast is what has been learned about how memory works. A key principle is that the molecular mechanisms of memory are the same in all animals, including people.
There is lots of good information on the web about aplysia’s role in understanding learning and memory. Dr Kandel’s lab has its own website. If you know of a particularly good website for non-specialists please leave a comment on this page. Also, if you have a photo of aplysia that I could use legally please send me email at docartemis at gmail.com.
Also, please let me know if you would like to see short daily blog posts on this site about basic neuroscience.
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Dear Dr. Campbell,
I discovered your podcast yesteray and did not want to go to bed at night. :-) Started listening from the begining.
Loved your short but very informative presentation of the book in this podcast. Appreciate that you explained the terms when you sued them for the first time in the podcast.
I would love to have an intro into the basic neuroscience, thank you! Maybe it is already available on the site so I will look around.
Cheers,
Irina Almgren
Uppsala, Sweden
Irina,
The best place to find basic neuroscience is to explore the Neuroscience Sites listed on the Left sidebar of this website.
You might also want to visit our Discussion Forum at http://brainscienceforum.com.
Ginger Campbell, MD
picture of Aplysia here on wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aplysia
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