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
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