Genome BOW 4: Memory

Located on Chromosome 16 are genes that allow learning and memory. Learning is from the provinces of neuroscience and psychology which is opposite of instinct. Instinct is genetically determined behavior and learning is behavior through experience but have very little in common. It is believed that learning is good and instinct is bad. Some things learnt and others are distinctive because  by forcing ourselves to learn something we place ourselves in a selective environment that put the future instincts solution to the problem. Therefore meaning that learning gradually gives way to instinct. It is believed that integrins are central to learning and memory. In 1990 it was discovered that there are drugs that act as integrins could affect memory. Example, LTP known as long term potentiation seems to be the main event in the creation of a memory. The human brain is really impressive, if you prefer geometry, it is an analogue three dimensional machine instead of a digital one dimensional, and if you like thermodynamics it will make alot of heat. The brain is one the complex finest which will never be fully understood.