Cellular Memory

Syke

I know Steven will like this.


So, my sis and I went to see The Eye, mainly to see what mockery Jessica Alba made out of our beloved Chinese horror classic.

In the remake, they reference "cell memory" which is a theory that cells exposed to certain chemicals, will remember the exposure and so influence surrounding tissue, even after a transplant.

Couple of interesting cases on donor recipients having traits and knowledge that they could not account for.

So I was snooping around google after and came across a student journal paper on the matter. Amateur stuff, but an interesting read. Most notable is the omission of reference and work by Kaznacheev et. al. on mirror cytopathic effect.

Paper is here

stevenmu

Wow, that's a good read, thanks. I'll have to sleep on it to properly digest it and think through some of the implications

But as is my way, I can jump to some highly speculative ideas .

One clear implication seems to be that the process of memory, or at least part of it, could work by a chemical process in the brain producing these neuropeptides. Possibly something to do with the particular neurons firing, and the pattern they are firing in, at any particular time having a chemical effect on the production of neuropeptides.

If, as suggested, transferring neuropeptides from one person to another through transplant surgery also transfers memory, could that also imply that they could be transferred via non-surgical means, possibly through contact (or maybe having some effect on pheromone production?), and thus transfer memory that way?

Even more speculative, could neuropeptides also survive outside the body on inanimate objects, possibly allowing for psychometry?

Even without that, the possibility of transferring memory via the transplant of organs is very exciting. Anybody have any body parts they'd care to swap?

stevenmu

I read this recently actually and forgot to post it. Creepy

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23984857/

Any movie with Jessica Alba is good for me . I want her to be in the Re-make of ghost busters and she should play all 4 characters .

The article is good alright but could it be more of a chemical imbalance brought on by the heart ? ? Dont even know if that is possible. Or most likley its just a Co-incidence.

Stoner

stevenmu wrote: »

If, as suggested, transferring neuropeptides from one person to another through transplant surgery also transfers memory, could that also imply that they could be transferred via non-surgical means, possibly through contact (or maybe having some effect on pheromone production?), and thus transfer memory that way?

I love the whole technology end of things,
like if I formatted my hard drive and gave it to you, even though it was blanked you could still get some shadows, bits and pieces of what was on there before hand, if you had the right software that is.

stevenmu wrote: »

. Anybody have any body parts they'd care to swap?

I'll give you what's left of my hair (still better than nothing:D) for your heart.

SarahMc

I thought it had been proven that trauma impacts upon the cellular systems of our bodies... so its not that big a leap really that organ donors (who almost always die as a result of trauma) could pass that on.