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“Not only Freud but artists and writers were also interested in the unconscious. It was medicine that made the first steps toward modernity.”

Quote by Eric Kandel

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Eric Kandel, born on November 7, 1929, is a renowned neuroscientist and psychologist. His groundbreaking research in the fields of memory and brain plasticity earned him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2000, shared with James E. Rothman and Richard A. Axel. Professor Kandel has been a faculty member at Columbia University Medical School, and his work has profoundly influenced our understanding of how the brain processes memory and experience. more

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