X-Message-Number: 4293 Date: 25 Apr 95 20:12:14 EDT From: Paul Wakfer <> Subject: SCI.CRYONICS Re: Improving Memory Thanks to John K Clark for the interesting post concerning the article from CELL about a protein which improves fruit fly long term memory. I wish to make 2 comments in connection with this post. 1) I believe that everyone is too closely associating memory with intelligence. Many animals which are not very intelligent have large and long lasting memory stores. Although, I think that it is logical that there appear to be none that have superior intelligence while having poor memories. 2) I think it is more reasonable that *memory* might involve "hundreds or thousands of genes", since it is certainly a less recently evolved animal attribute than intelligence. If there is a separate "conventional wisdom" for intelligence and it is the same as for memory, then I find that much less reasonable. -- Paul -- Paul Wakfer 1220 E. Washington St. #24, Colton, CA 92324, USA 238 Davenport Rd. #240, Toronto, ON M5R 1J6, CANADA Pager:416-446-9461 Phone:416-968-6291 ***************************************************************** Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=4293