<story><title>Neuroscientists discover molecular mechanism that allows memories to form (2020)</title><url>https://news.mit.edu/2020/engram-memories-form-1005</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>iandanforth</author><text>Please please don&amp;#x27;t take away from this that there are &amp;quot;memory cells&amp;quot; that &amp;quot;encode memories.&amp;quot; The article is so badly written it seems to imply that. Memory is a &lt;i&gt;whole brain&lt;/i&gt; phenomenon, and memory formation involves connections being formed and lost constantly between all types of neurons everywhere in the brain. One small aspect of memory (episodic memory) relies more heavily on hippocampal neurons during consolidation, and a small portion of that process is what is being discussed here.</text></comment>
<story><title>Neuroscientists discover molecular mechanism that allows memories to form (2020)</title><url>https://news.mit.edu/2020/engram-memories-form-1005</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>cblconfederate</author><text>I often wonder why universities post these press releases for the general public. Epigenetic modifications and memory is still basic research in early investigation, known to play a role in memory extinction and reconsolidation for example, but this is still too early research to make any concrete announcements that would have actionable information, esp. for the general public.</text></comment>