#48: Memory & Forgetting; How We Remember; Inception; Neuro-Inspired AI; Consciousness
In this episode, Andras speaks with Tomás Ryan,neuroscience researcher about what neuroscience is as an integrative field and how he moved from genetics into studying memory.
They discuss cognition, thought, and consciousness, why brain-as-computer analogies can mislead, and what we actually know about how information is stored in neural circuits.
The conversation focuses on “memory engrams” - physical traces that enable recall - how optogenetics and activity-based tagging made engrams experimentally accessible, and landmark mouse studies that reactivated or even implantedmemories.
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