12/13/2002Researchers Discover Gene That Controls Ability To Learn Fear

". . . the indelible imprinting of fear-related experiences in memory."

This comes from the headline; Would it have been composed by those who
did the research or by someone in their public affairs office or
whatever. "Indelible" strikes a wrong note. As though the brain were
steel and the impression inscribed with acid.  But I'm no neuroscientist
and can't judge for myself.

Carrol Cox