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...second fact: memory and emotion are intimately linked biochemically, with hormones like adrenaline actively involved in forming the neurological patterns we call memories. "Any kind of emotional experience will create a stronger memory than otherwise would be created," says James McGaugh, a neurobiologist at the University of California at Irvine. "We remember our embarrassments, our failures, our fender benders...
...face of it, that doesn't seem especially surprising: we feel strong emotion at important events, which are obviously more memorable than ordinary moments. But the connection is much deeper than that and dates back to our deepest evolutionary past. "The major purpose of memory," observes McGaugh, "is to predict the future." An animal that can remember the significance of that large, nasty-looking thing with the big teeth and sharp claws will survive longer and produce more offspring...
...convert to happy moderate drinkers [BEHAVIOR, July 31]. The majority who tried to consume alcohol in moderation returned to problem drinking with disastrous results or found abstinence in recovery or 12-step programs. Why take a chance? Abstinence can bring fun and the joy of living. WILLIAM H. McGAUGH Riverside, Calif...
...even as psychologists and brain researchers have learned to appreciate memory's central role in our mental lives, they have come to realize that memory is not a single phenomenon. "We do not have a memory system in the brain," says James McGaugh, director of the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory at the University of California, Irvine. "We have memory systems, each playing a different role...
Despite such techno talk, none of these drugs has been proved effective in properly designed, double-blind trials. "I think they are silly," says the University of California's McGaugh, who dismisses the elaborate explanations of how the drugs work as "scientific mumbo jumbo." If such substances were indeed effective -- and safe -- he points out, drug companies, which stand to gain hundreds of millions of dollars from their sale, would have marketed them years...