The Molecular Biology of Memory Storage: A Dialogue Between Genes and Synapses

@article{Kandel2001TheMB,
  title={The Molecular Biology of Memory Storage: A Dialogue Between Genes and Synapses},
  author={Eric R. Kandel},
  journal={Science},
  year={2001},
  volume={294},
  pages={1030 - 1038}
}
  • E. Kandel
  • Published 2 November 2001
  • Biology, Psychology
  • Science
One of the most remarkable aspects of an animal's behavior is the ability to modify that behavior by learning, an ability that reaches its highest form in human beings. For me, learning and memory have proven to be endlessly fascinating mental processes because they address one of the fundamental features of human activity: our ability to acquire new ideas from experience and to retain these ideas over time in memory. Moreover, unlike other mental processes such as thought, language, and… 
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