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Hebbsche Lernregel (Donald Hebb): Fire together, wire together

descartes argued that memories were formed through creating new folds

plato believed that the brain was like a wax tablet in which perceptions left lasting impressions

brain and the mind. the dualists, like Plato, Aquinas, Descartes, argue that the mind exists separately from the brain. The entities might interact with each other, but they are distinct; the mind is something beyond the physical. The materialists, like Kanada, Democritus, Epicurus, and Hobbes, argued that whatever the mind is, it is located entirely in the physical structure of the brain.

Eric Kandel, Nobelpreis zu Entdeckungen der Signalübertragung innerhalb Nervensystemen

canonical symptom of depression, lack (an) of pleasure (hedonia)

The simple brain of the nematode offers a window into the first, or at least very early, functions of dopamine and serotonin. In the nematode, dopamine is released when food is detected around the worm, whereas serotonin is released when food is detected inside the worm.

unterschied: valenz und erregung

emotion categories are largely culturally learned

like 3 of my undergrad classes in one book