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11 January, Sarah ROBINS [WEBINAR]: MEMORY and OPTOGENETIC INTERVENTION

1/3/2019

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11 January 2019
h 15-17 - Greenwhich Mean Time 

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Sarah ROBINS
(University of Kansas)

MEMORY and OPTOGENETIC INTERVENTION: 
Separating the Engram from the Ecphory

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Abstract

Optogenetics makes possible the control of neural activity with light. In this paper, I explore how the development of this experimental tool has brought about methodological and theoretical advances in the neurobiological study of memory. I begin with Semon’s (1921) distinction between the engram and the ecphory, explaining how these concepts present a methodological challenge to investigating memory. Optogenetics provides a way to intervene into the engram without the ecphory that, in turn, opens up new means for testing theories of memory error. I focus on a series of experiments where optogenetics is used to study false memory and forgetting. I conclude with discussion of the recent discovery of “silent engrams” (e.g., Roy, Muralidhar, Smith, & Tonegawa, 2017) using optogenetics and the way in which these results create further opportunities and challenges for engram theory.



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Hatphlegms link
9/10/2023 08:49:38 pm

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10/21/2024 01:30:46 pm

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