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The Implications of Memory Research and ‘Memory Erasers’: A Conversation with Yadin Dudai

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2009

Joelle M. Abi-Rached  and
Yadin Dudai
Joelle M. Abi-Rached
Affiliation:
BIOS Centre, London School of Economics, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AEUK E-mail: j.m.abi-rached@lse.ac.uk
Yadin Dudai
Affiliation:
Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100Israel E-mail: Yadin.Dudai@weizmann.ac.il
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Abstract

In this conversation, the world-renowned neurobiologist Yadin Dudai discusses the latest advances in memory research, specifically the discovery of memory ‘erasure’ associated with the inhibition of an enzyme called PKMzeta. The conversation tackles the reductionist method in scientific inquiry, the mind/brain dilemma, the problematics of animal models in memory research, and the therapeutic implications of this groundbreaking discovery.

Keywords

Animal ModelsLong-term MemoryMemory ErasersMind/Brain DilemmaPKMzetaPTSDReconsolidationReductionism
Type
Interview
Information
BioSocieties , Volume 4 , Issue 1 , March 2009 , pp. 79 - 90
Copyright
Copyright © London School of Economics and Political Science 2009

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