BCIG Bookclub: “In Search of Memory: The
Emergence of a New Science of Mind”
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Clinical
Center (Building 10) Medical Board Room (Room 2C116)
If you are interested in any of the following fields:
Behavioral Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Molecular Biology
Computer Science
Neuroscience
then you probably won’t want to miss this meeting!
BRAIN JOKES:
http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/jokes.html
THE PROGRAM: Futurist Melanie Swan, MS Futures
Group will offer her insights about the nexus of biology
and computing and how "In Search of Memory" suggests
future advances in computational methodologies. Then a
stunning array of NIH staff volunteers will review the
book. (See Table of Contents above.) A maximum of twelve
(12) minutes and 12 Power Point slides will be allotted
for each of the six (6) sections of the book. If there
is sufficient time and interest Jim DeLeo (NIH CC) will
facilitate an open group dialogue about the book with
particular emphasis on possible connections with modern
computing. Everyone is invited to participate in this
dialogue or to just listen.
BOOK REVIEW: Charting the intellectual history of
the emerging biology of mind, Eric R. Kandel illuminates
how behavioral psychology, cognitive psychology,
neuroscience, and molecular biology have converged into
a powerful new science of mind. This science now
provides nuanced insights into normal mental functioning
and disease, and simultaneously opens pathways to more
effective healing. Driven by vibrant curiosity, Kandel’s
personal quest to understand memory is threaded
throughout this absorbing history. Beginning with his
childhood in Nazi-occupied Vienna, In Search of Memory
chronicles Kandel’s outstanding career from his initial
fascination with history and psychoanalysis to his
groundbreaking work on the biological process of memory,
which earned him the Nobel Prize. A deft mixture of
memoir and history, modern biology and behavior, In
Search of Memory traces how a brilliant scientist’s
intellectual journey intersected with one of the great
scientific endeavors of the twentieth century: the
search for the biological basis of memory.
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5:30 pm- 7:30 pm May 24, 2007
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION –
Jim Deleo
 powerpoint
COMPUTING IMPLICATIONS - Melanie
Swan
powerpoint
ONE –
Robert Gladding, NIMH
1. Personal
Memory and the Biology of Memory storage - page 3
2. A Childhood
in
Vienna
- page
12
3. An American
Education - page 33
powerpoint
TWO –
Philip Goetz, NLM
4. One Cell at a
Time - page 53
5. The Nerve
Cell Speaks - page 74
6. Conversation
between Nerve Cells - page 90
7. Simple and
Complex Neuronal Systems - page 103
8. Different
Memories, Different Brain Regions - page 116
9. Searching for
an Ideal System to Study Memory - page 135
10. Neural
analogs of Learning - page
150
powerpoint
THREE -
Susan Koester, NIMH
11. Strengthening
Synaptic Connections - page 165
12. A Center for
Neurobiology and Behavior - page 180
13. Even a Simple
Behavior Can Be Modified by Learning - page 187
14. Synapses
Change with Experience - page 198
15. The
Biological Basis of Individuality - page 208
16. Molecules and
Short-Term Memory - page 221
17. Long-Term
Memory - page 240
18. Memory
Genes - page 247
19. A Dialogue
between Genes and Synapses - page 261
powerpoint
FOUR –
Wen G. Chen, NIA
20. A Return to
Complex Memory - page 279
21. Synapses Also
Hold Our Fondest Memories - page 286
22. The Brain’s
Picture of the External World - page 295
23. Attention
Must Be Paid! - page 307
powerpoint
FIVE –
Mitchel Kling, NIMH
24. A Little Red
Pill - page
319
25. Mice, Men,
and Mental Illness - page 335
26. A New Way to
Treat Mental Illness - page 352
27. Biology and
the Renaissance of Psychoanalytic Thought -
page 363
28.
Consciousness - page 376
powerpoint
SIX -
Gerald McLaughlin, NIDA
29. Rediscovering
Vienna via Stockholm - page 393
30. Learning from
Memory: Prospects - page 416
powerpoint
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Eric R. Kandel is Kavli
Professor and University Professor at Columbia University and senior
investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He received the Nobel Prize
in Physiology or Medicine in 2000. He lives in New York City.
SUITABILITY:
Anyone interested in the subject matter of the book is most welcome to attend
this BCIG Book Club Event.
REGISTRATION:
As with most all BCIG events, registration is not required. Just show up happy.
NIH CONTACT:
Carl Leonard, 301-496-0191,
cleonard@lired.com
REFRESHMENTS:
Please bring refreshments if you wish. There is a cafeteria near our meeting
room. We may go out to dinner with the author in a nearby Bethesda restaurant
after the meeting.
BCIG WEB SITE:
www.nih-bcig.org
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