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In Search of Memory

Eric R. Kandel

Eric R. Kandel connects his childhood memories of Vienna with experiments on nerve cells, tracing how learning reshapes synapses and how biology approaches the mind.

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15 parts, about 27 minutes to read.

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Author
Eric R. Kandel
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15 parts
Reading time
about 27 minutes
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What the summary covers

  1. 1. Personal Memory and the Biology of Memory Storage1 min
  2. 2. A Childhood in Vienna1 min
  3. 3. An American Education1 min
  4. 4. One Cell at a Time1 min
  5. 5. The Nerve Cell Speaks1 min
  6. 6. Conversation Between Nerve Cells1 min
  7. 7. Simple and Complex Neuronal Systems1 min
  8. 8. Different Memories, Different Brain Regions1 min
  9. 9. Searching for an Ideal System to Study Memory1 min
  10. 10. Neural Analogs of Learning1 min
  11. 11. Strengthening Synaptic Connections1 min
  12. 12. A Center for Neurobiology and Behavior1 min
  13. 13. Even a Simple Behavior Can Be Modified by Learning1 min
  14. 14. Synapses Change with Experience1 min
  15. 15. The Biological Basis of Individuality13 min

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