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Of course cells and tissues react to external stimuli, that's part of the homeostasis process, and a fundamental part of our adaptivity or we'd die with minimal
by htk 2y ago
Of course cells and tissues react to external stimuli, that's part of the homeostasis process, and a fundamental part of our adaptivity or we'd die with minimal changes in the environment. Calling it memory is the same as saying a bruise is my body having a memory of me hitting the corner of the table. Well toned bodies are the memories of the weight lifting exercises they've performed in the past, and so on.
But I can only imagine the extrapolations that alternative medicine people will make with this.
- jb1991 2y agoThe odd conclusions you draw are not what is explained in this article.
- aszantu 2y agothere's an interesting trauma release meditation where your limbs are asked to remember things. It's pretty interesting what comes up, then you're asked to let it go and when you do, some weird extra deep relaxation sets in
- PittleyDunkin 2y agoMemories seem in this context to mean state that isn't immediately physiologically apparent. But yes, I think your definition is reasonable too, if not very useful for communication.
- neom 2y agoI read the paper and I didn't think that is what they're talking about. The molecular systems for temporal pattern detection where previously thought to be specialized to neurons, but this article indicates that they exists in other cell types. Bruising is a response to physical trauma, lacking any temporal pattern sensitivity? Molecular mechanism related to learning and memory formation, ERK and CREB signaling are known to be crucial for memory formation in neurons. I think what the paper is showing that this specific molecular machinery for detecting and responding to temporal patterns isn't unique to neurons https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53922-x https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-53922-x