Monday, June 29, 2009

If This Doesn't Work Out, Give Me A Call

"Scientists have achieved a new milestone in brain imaging: we have seen a memory in the process of being formed. Using brain cells from a lowly sea slug, which actually makes a good model for our brains, images were captured of proteins forming between the neurons. These proteins distinguish the memory as a long-term one rather than short-term, as the proteins solidify the memory in the neurons. This process had been suspected but not visualized until now."

-- Dan Smith, probably not realizing he's causing everyone who's had to deal with a cheating spouse to say, "Well, that's one way to do it!", using PopSci.com.

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