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Chapters
- 00:10Short- and long-term memory
- 00:36Molecular mechanism underlying short- and long-term memory
- 01:07The formation of long-term memory
- 01:33Biological memory differs fundamentally from data storage in computers
- 02:18Free will: the role of consciousness and strong evidence for its existence
- 04:07Entering business
- 05:38Being a scientific advisor at Memory Pharmaceuticals
- 06:29Predicting the outcome of drug development
- 06:49Use and abuse of drugs in children
- 08:01Merging of scientific disciplines
- 10:33Ego, super-ego, and id
- 10:55The problem with Freud
- 13:12Fortunate decisions
- 14:23Adult neurogenesis in the hippocampus: challenging the work of Eric Kandel?
- 15:50The quality of scientific controversy changes
- 16:40“Arthur”, the genome of rice, and the revival of theory
Eric R. Kandel shared the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine with Arvid Carlsson and Paul Greengard in 2000 for their discoveries "concerning signal transduction in the nervous system." In this interview given at Hertie Foundation's Neuroforum 2008 on April 18, 2008 in Frankfurt, Germany, Nobel Prize Laureate Eric R. Kandel takes us on an enlighting journey ranging from memory, free will, "the problem with Freud", to scientific challenges and the rise of European science.
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Eric R. KandelNobel PrizePhysiology And MedicineArvid CarlssonPaul GreengardSignal TransductionNervous SystemMolecular MechanismsLearningMemoryHoward Hughes Medical Institute Senior InvestigatorColumbia University Center For Neurobiology And BehaviorHertie Foundation’s Neuroforum 2008FrankfurtGermanyMemory BasicsLong-term Memory FormationFree WillScientific ChallengesRise Of European ScienceBusiness InterestScientific AdvisorMemory PharmaceuticalsDrug Use In ChildrenMerging Scientific DisciplinesFreud’s Mistakes
