In Search of Memory

Kandel tells his life story, researching the mechanisms in the brain that enable us to memorize. There is a lot of detail on the chemical activities in the neuron. Thorough enough that it might just stay in my memory.

But he also gives us the portrait of the life of a scientist, how he picked his research topic, his decision to change career, how important collaborations are. The journey is interesting as his career spanned over quite substantial changes in the relationship between neuroscience and psychoanalysis.

And, as an Austrian, it was obviously very interesting and sad to hear about his problematic relationship with his motherland.