Dear Dick:
How about something closer to a reference, like who did it, and where?
Thanks, -Dick Gordon
On 17 Nov 1994, Dick Burger wrote:
> Interesting article in the NY Times Science section this week. Apparently
> chicadee birds grow additional cells in the hippocampus during the fall when
> they are hiding food for winter storage, the theory being that they need
> additional memory to remember the numerous places where they stash the
> goodies.
> Since new neurons are created rather than just making more synapsis, the
> study suggests that the neuron rather than the synapse might be the basic
> unit of memory.
>> DB
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