In a series of landmark studies, Kandel began to show how simple memories are formed by gauging one of the slug's basic reflexes: the withdrawal of its gill at a perceived threat.
How are memories stored and retrieved?
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The scientists -- who bring varied skills to the table, including mathematical modeling and psychiatry -- believe they have cracked how long-term memories are made, stored and retrieved and how to replicate this process in brains that are damaged, particularly by stroke or localized injury.
Memories of how hard it has been to recruit in recent years are fresh.
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Daughter Catherine Brubeck Yaghsizian shared warm memories of how her tired father would return home from a tour and relax by holding a jam session with his growing sons.
How this brings back memories!
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Vanessa's stuffed zucchini with meatballs evoked memories of how her own Italian grandmother used to cook, while my freshly made rigatoni with a white ragout of small sausage meatballs, cannellini beans and rosemary was by far the most memorable pasta experience I had in Emilia-Romagna.
Strauss, who has talked up Ponting as the one "great player" in Australia's ranks, will have vivid memories of how he took England's attack apart on the first day of the series on his way to 196 at Brisbane four years ago and the England skipper will have plenty of plans in place for his Aussie counterpart.
He will be relieved too that the economic debate over the next few days will be shaped not by questions about how the government can stimulate growth, but memories of the arguments the last government had over how to respond to the banking crisis, the need for spending cuts and tax rises.
We forgot to ask how many of your precious memories it can store.
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Then he stumbled upon Deep Space Nine on video and memories flooded back of how much he loved science fiction as a kid, in particular the original Star Trek series (which was shown in his native France only in the 1980s, when Halter was in his twenties).
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She lit up, talking about her earliest memories of his music, and how his popularity has grown since his death in 1991.
In that interview he spoke of his memories of the camps, of how not a day went by without thinking of what had happened in them.
No matter where I am, the simplest things trigger my travel memories and no matter how many times I leave and come back, the transition home can be clunky.
This site, and many other across the internet will be full of memories about Steve Jobs today, and just how much he achieved and how many lives he impacted as the founder and head of Apple.
Memories of the Cod Wars of the 1970s show how hard Iceland has been prepared to fight in the past, with mid-sea collisions resulting in damaged boats.
Agassi had endured a generally below-par year by his high standards and it was to prove a tough battle for gold, but as the memories flooded back he reeled off in quick succession how he did it.
"Memories came flooding back, " the veteran said, remembering how he'd scrambled those eggs in his steel helmet, stirring with his bayonet.
Berger has looked at how electrical signals travel through neurons there to form those long-term memories and has used his expertise in mathematical modeling to mimic these movements using electronics.
We rarely stop to ask ourselves how we manage to achieve peace among family members with short tempers, long memories and interests as diverse as those expressed in violence among the perpetually bickering countries in the Middle East.
It is not yet clear how learning triggers the retention of the new brain cells and the laying down of memories.
How is it that we take the world around us and we form it into the permanent memories that we will then use as the basis of future decisions, future thinking, of future knowledge.
That was how the Rolling Stones' first album came into being - at least, if you trust Keith Richards' memories.
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