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The genetics of episodic memory

« 21 October 2006 | 0:17 | fmri, research articles, molecular genetics | No Comments »

The latest issue of Science has a really impressive article by Papassotiropoulos et al. probing the genetic basis of episodic memory. In it, the authors identify for the first time a link between a polymorphism in a gene called Kibra and individual variability in performance on delayed episodic memory tasks.
In brief, Papassotiropoulos and colleagues conducted […]