In this study, the scientists simulated the process of spaced learning by examining two types of non-brain human cells — one from nerve tissue and one from kidney tissue — in a laboratory setting.

These cells were exposed to varying patterns of chemical signals, akin to the exposure of brain cells to neurotransmitter patterns when we learn new information.

The intriguing part? These non-brain cells also switched on a “memory gene” – the same gene that brain cells activate when they detect information patterns and reorganize their connections to form memories.

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    26 days ago

    From memory it was an actual patient but I wasn’t easily able to find it from a quick search.

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      26 days ago

      I’ll take your word for it, because nobody ever lied on the interwebs.

      [jk, thnaks for the response]