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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.
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1 This is how Jean-Pierre Changeux referred to Ricœur's definition in his public lecture at the Collège de France on 20 October 2008 as part of a symposium on ‘The Impact of Neuroscience on Society’. Ricœur elaborates the notion of a ‘capable person’ in Changeux and Ricœur (2000).
2 ‘The Impact of Neuroscience on Society’ is the title of the public symposium that took place at the Collège de France, in Paris, on 20 October 2008 in celebration of the 20th anniversary of the scientific journal Neuron. The lecture by Yadin Dudai was entitled, ‘Reading it, enhancing it, erasing it? Potential societal implications of memory research’.
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Abi-Rached, J., Dudai, Y. The Implications of Memory Research and ‘Memory Erasers’: A Conversation with Yadin Dudai. BioSocieties 4, 79–90 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1017/S1745855209006449
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