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How memories are made

Professor Steven Rose

Memory is our most defining characteristic - which is why disorders of memory, such as those that occur in Alzheimer's Disease, are so devastating. The study of memory may also provide clues to that elusive relationship between how our minds and our brains work. New imaging techniques provide windows into human brain activity during learning and remembering. But all complex animals show the capacity for learning and memory, and study of the brain mechanisms of memory in non-human animals can point to how our own brains function. Recent experiments along these lines from Steven Rose's own laboratory have begun to provide clues as to how we may be able to restore functional memory in Alzheimer's Disease.

Professor Steven Rose is a neurobiologist and Professor of Biology and Director of the Brain and Behaviour Research Group at The Open University. He is author of The Making of Memory and of Lifelines:Beyond Determinism. He is editor of From Brains To Consciousness and co-author of Not In Our Genes and, most recently, Alas, Poor Darwin.

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