Chapter 9: Memory Inc
Opening Skinner's Box
Lauren Slater
Summary: In this chapter Slater relates the life of Eric Kandel and his work in the neurology field. The idea that memory is dispersed throughout the brain was proved incorrect when the case of HM proved that the removal of his hippocampus. Slater discussed CREB, a protein that can aid in memory loss.
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Discussion: The part that I found most interesting was the discussion of what pharmaceuticals could do to a person's memory - which instead of enhancing the patient's life, it would affect in a negative way. I suppose that everything in excess can be bad, and everything created for a good can also be used for the bad.
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