Title:
Chapter 9: Memory Inc.
Summary:
This chapter is about Kandel's experiments with sea slugs. He probed the slugs with electric probes, and was observing how they remembered a new task. He trained them to withdraw their gills whenever they were touched, and he was able to observe with a microscope how the neurons changed. The more the relationship was enforced, the links between the neurons grew stronger.
Discussion:
I thought that this was an interesting chapter. I didn't know that the synapses grew stronger the more they are used, but it makes sense. Also, I didn't know that there are specific areas in the brain that are used for memory.
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