ALPHABETICAL BRAIN® VOCABULARY HUMANIST GALAXY OF SECULAR SCIENCE STARS ERIC KANDEL May 7, 2022 THERE IS LIFE AFTER THE NOBEL PRIZE by Eric Kandel. Columbia University Press, 2021 (120 pages) Quote = "While most of us struggle to succeed in a single discipline, Eric R. Kandel has excelled in three: first his discovery of the neural basis of memory — a discovery comparable to DNA; second, as an art historian successfully bridging art and neuroscience; and now, a parallel career, as a science writer of almost unparalleled excellence." (V. S. Ramachandran, author of The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes Us Human) Quote = "Eric Kandel, who was an escapee from Nazi Austria and a student of history and literature in college, reflects thoughtfully on his recent research as a benchtop neuroscientist. Also, he discusses his experiences as a public communicator about brain and cognitive science, and his keen exploration of the arts." (Howard Gardner, Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education) Quote = "After winning the Nobel Prize in 2000, Eric Kandel has skillfully conveyed deeply scientific insights about the brain as they relate to a variety of subjects. They include abstract expressionist art, gender dysphoria, poverty, and morality." (Slightly paraphrased by webmaster from Margaret S. Livingstone, Takeda Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School) Quote ="Kandel is a scientific giant. As in his other wonderful books, he has a fascinating tale to tell in this one, and he does it well. It is a great story to read." (Joseph E. LeDoux, Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science, New York University, and author of The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains) BOOK OUTLINE Note = Numbers in parentheses refer to pages INTRODUCTION (1-3) 1) MOVING TO COLUMBIA AND THE HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE (5-11) [1] A Biological Basis for Psychiatry (7-11) 2) FURTHER ADVANCES IN SCIENCE (13-28) [1] How Long-Term Memory Is Stored in the Brain (14-19) [2] Uncovering the Biological Basis of the Gateway Effect in Drug Addiction (19-22) [3] Identifying Dopamine’s Role in the Cognitive Symptoms of Schizophrenia (23-24) [4] Ameliorating Age-Related Memory Loss (25-28) 3) ADVENTURES IN THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING OF SCIENCE (29-56) [1] In Search 0f Memory: File Emergence of a New Science of Mind (31-34) [2] The Brain Series (35-53) (1) An Overview of the Brain (36-40) (2) The Patient Speaks (40-42) (3) Brain Science and Society (42-53) 1. Physical injuries to the brain (43-44) 2. Psychological and social injuries to the brain (44-49) 3. Gender identity (49-53) [2] Disordered Mind — What Unusual Brains Tell us About Ourselves (53-56) 4) INTRODUCING BRAIN SCIENCE TO ART (57-68) [1] The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Blind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present (58-63) [2] Reductionisrn in Art and Brain Science: Bridging the Two Cultures (63-69) 5 RETURN TO AUSTRIA (7I-74) 6 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY AND THE SCIENCE OF MIND, BRAIN, BEHAVIOR (75-81) [1] The Kavli Institute for Brain Science (76-77) [2] The Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute (77-79) [3] The Jcrome L. Greene Science Center (79-81) CONCLUSION (83-84) ACKNOWLEDGMENTS (85) APPENDIX — Awards (87-95) NOTES (97-100) REFERENCES (101-103) INDEX (105-110) ABOUT THE AUTHOR, SUMMARY, AND BOOK DESCRIPTION ABOUT THE AUTHOR = Eric R. Kandel is a University Professor and the Sagol Professor of Brain Science at Columbia University, where he is also codirector of the Mortimer B. Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute, and a senior investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. In 2000 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his studies of learning and memory. He is the author of In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of Mind (2006), The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present (2012), Reductionism in Art and Brain Science: Bridging the Two Cultures (Columbia, 2016), and The Disordered Mind: What Unusual Brains Tell Us About Ourselves (2018). SUMMARY = One day in 1996, the neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel took a call from his program officer at the National Institute of Mental Health, who informed him that he had been awarded a key grant. Also, the officer said, he and his colleagues thought Kandel would win the Nobel Prize. “I hope not soon,” Kandel’s wife, Denise, said when she heard this. Sociologists had found that Nobel Prize winners often did not contribute much more to science, she explained. BOOK DESCRIPTION = In this book, Kandel recounts his remarkable career since receiving the Nobel Prize in 2000. This experience of proving to his wife that he was not yet completely dead intellectually, takes readers through his lab’s scientific advances, including research into how long-term memory is stored in the brain, the nature of age-related memory loss, and the neuroscience of drug addiction and schizophrenia. Kandel relates how the Nobel Prize gave him the opportunity to reach a far larger audience. This new status in turn allowed him to discover and pursue new directions. Kandel describes his efforts to promote public understanding of science and to put brain science and art into conversation with each other. Kandel also discusses his return to Austria, which he had fled as a child. And he observed how Austria was coming to terms with the Nazi period. The book showcases Kandel’s accomplishments, erudition, and wit. And it is a candid account of the working life of an acclaimed scientist. EDITORIAL BOOK REVIEWS [1] In this remarkable recap of his post-prize career, Kandel’s intellect and passion are present on every page. Readers will be awed by the depth and breadth of Kandel’s work. -- Publishers Weekly [2] Has Eric Kandel rested on his laurels? No. This book adds to Kandel’s respected literary oeuvre, which ranges from neuroscience textbooks to highly original popular science. -- Nature [3] A short, cheerful memoir from an energetic Nobel laureate. -- Kirkus PROFESSIONAL BOOK REVIEWS [1] This is an amazing book that gives us a peek inside the mind of one of the giants of contemporary neuroscience. While most of us struggle to succeed in a single discipline, Eric R. Kandel has excelled in three: first his discovery of the neural basis of memory — a discovery comparable to DNA; second, as an art historian successfully bridging art and neuroscience; and now, a parallel career, as a science writer of almost unparalleled excellence. – V. S. Ramachandran, author of The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist’s Quest for What Makes Us Human [2] Eric Kandel did not stop doing experiments on learning and memory after he got a Nobel Prize. He would have had to become an entirely different person. But what did change, fortunately for the reader, is that he acquired the skill and confidence to convey deeply scientific insights about the brain as they relate to a variety of subjects, such as abstract expressionist art, gender dysphoria, poverty, and morality. – Margaret S. Livingstone, Takeda Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School [3] This is an inspiring and unique story of creativity, perseverance, and humanity from the most influential neuroscientist of his generation. – Larry W. Swanson, University Professor, Appleman Professor of Biological Sciences, and Professor of Biological Sciences and Psychology, University of Southern California [4] In this slim but wide-ranging book, Eric Kandel — an escapee from Nazi Austria and a student of history and literature in college reflects thoughtfully on his recent research as a benchtop neuroscientist, his experiences as a public communicator about brain and cognitive science, and his keen exploration of the arts. -- Howard Gardner, Hobbs Research Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education [5] Eric Kandel is a scientific giant. As in his other wonderful books, he has a fascinating tale to tell in this one, and does it well. A great story to read. -- Joseph E. LeDoux, Henry and Lucy Moses Professor of Science, New York University, and author of The Deep History of Ourselves: The Four-Billion-Year Story of How We Got Conscious Brains [6] The 'great joy' that [he derives from] explaining science to the public can also be felt in Kandel's new book. -- Austrian Press Agency Click or Tap to Return to Humanist Hub RETURN TO THE HUMANIST GALAXY OF SECULAR SCIENCE STARS ALPHABETICAL BRAIN® VOCABULARY produced by Infinite Interactive Ideas®