How an ancient virus spread the ability to remember @TEDMED
How an ancient virus spread the ability to remember @TEDMED
Uploaded August 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Do you remember your oldest memory? Jason Shepherd clearly recalls a childhood filled with questioning the world around him, which naturally lead to a life of scientific discovery. As a Neurobiologist, Jason's curiosity spurred an unexpected finding as he studied the biology behind memory storage, encoding, and retrieval. Exploring the gene called ARC, which is essential to the synaptic plasticity that facilitates learning and cognition, Jason discovered that, at a biological level, the process of memory storage strongly replicates that of viral transmission.
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How an ancient virus spread the ability to remember

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