Pharmacology Of Learning And Memory

Abstract

For years, learning and memory were considered to be electrical activities processed in the nervous system. The memory appeared to be stored in certain circuits in the brain, such as the limbic system. The knowledge embedded with a transactive memory system helps groups apply prior learning to new tasks and develop an abstract understanding of a problem domain, leading to sustained performance.The memory and learning process have their own chemical bases. Many chemical factors including neurotransmitters influences learning and memory through actions on different brain regions. This review is prepared with the view that an increased understanding of mechanism associated with memory and learning will opened up the possibility to explore drugs acting on cognitive functions. A central claim of this wonderful assemblage of articles is that memory is a hyphenated phenomenon, a material-semiotic one. It is a conceptual site where phenomenology meets ontology meets materiality.