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Heroes of the Engram

Sheena A. Josselyn, Stefan Köhler and Paul W. Frankland
Journal of Neuroscience 3 May 2017, 37 (18) 4647-4657; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0056-17.2017
Sheena A. Josselyn
1Program in Neurosciences and Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada,
2Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3GM, Canada,
3Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada,
4Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada,
5Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada,
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Stefan Köhler
6Brain and Mind Institute and Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada, and
7Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada
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Paul W. Frankland
1Program in Neurosciences and Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada,
2Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3GM, Canada,
3Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada,
4Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada,
5Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada,
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DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0056-17.2017
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28469009
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History 
  • Received January 20, 2017
  • Revision received March 2, 2017
  • Accepted March 16, 2017
  • First published May 3, 2017.
  • Version of record published May 3, 2017.
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  1. Sheena A. Josselyn1,2,3,4,5,
  2. Stefan Köhler6,7, and
  3. Paul W. Frankland1,2,3,4,5
  1. 1Program in Neurosciences and Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada,
  2. 2Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3GM, Canada,
  3. 3Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada,
  4. 4Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada,
  5. 5Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR), Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8, Canada,
  6. 6Brain and Mind Institute and Department of Psychology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada, and
  7. 7Rotman Research Institute, Baycrest Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Ontario M6A 2E1, Canada
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    • Received January 20, 2017.
    • Revision received March 2, 2017.
    • Accepted March 16, 2017.
  • This work was supported by Canadian Institutes of Health Research Grant FDN-143227 to P.W.F., Grant MOP-74650 to S.A.J., and Grant FRN-148839 to S.K. We thank Steve Maren, Richard Brown, and Larry Stern for helpful comments and discussion.

  • The authors declare no competing financial interests.

  • Correspondence should be addressed to Dr. Paul W. Frankland or Dr. Sheena A. Josselyn, Program in Neurosciences and Mental Health, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X8, Canada; or Dr. Stefan Köhler, The Brain and Mind Institute, Natural Sciences Building, Western University, London, Ontario N6A 5B7, Canada. paul.frankland{at}sickkids.ca, sheena.josselyn{at}sickkids.ca, or stefank{at}uwo.ca

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  • ORGANIC MEMORY
    Donald R Forsdyke
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    • Donald R Forsdyke, Professor, Queen's University, Canada

    The view that Richard Semon's work was neglected seems to be based on psychologist Daniel Schacter's 1982 text (1). This was reissued with a new title and a few changes in 2001, without mention of the profound interim account by historian Laura Otis (2). While the authors cite my 2006 text on Samuel Butler and Ewald Hering, later work corroborates and extends Otis’s study and casts a somewhat different light on the authors' prime hero (3, 4).

    Even if offering a list of heroes that is "entirely personal," a paper that extolls the "benefits of exploring the history of science" and of acknowledging our "debts … to those scientists who have offered key ideas," could have mentioned the doubts cast on Semon by Freud and Hertzog, and Semon's dismissal of Butler's work as "rather a retrogression than an advance."

    1. Schacter DL (1982) Stranger behind the Engram: Theories of Memory and the Psychology of Science. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

    2. Otis L (1994) Organic Memory. History and the Body in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

    3. Forsdyke DR (2009) Samuel Butler and human long term memory: is the cupboard bare? J Theor Biol 258:156-164.Forsdyke DR, 2009

    4. Forsdyke DR (2015) "A vehicle of symbols and nothing more." George Romanes, theory of mind, information, and Samuel Butler. History of Psychiatry 26:270-287. Forsdyk...

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    The view that Richard Semon's work was neglected seems to be based on psychologist Daniel Schacter's 1982 text (1). This was reissued with a new title and a few changes in 2001, without mention of the profound interim account by historian Laura Otis (2). While the authors cite my 2006 text on Samuel Butler and Ewald Hering, later work corroborates and extends Otis’s study and casts a somewhat different light on the authors' prime hero (3, 4).

    Even if offering a list of heroes that is "entirely personal," a paper that extolls the "benefits of exploring the history of science" and of acknowledging our "debts … to those scientists who have offered key ideas," could have mentioned the doubts cast on Semon by Freud and Hertzog, and Semon's dismissal of Butler's work as "rather a retrogression than an advance."

    1. Schacter DL (1982) Stranger behind the Engram: Theories of Memory and the Psychology of Science. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

    2. Otis L (1994) Organic Memory. History and the Body in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press.

    3. Forsdyke DR (2009) Samuel Butler and human long term memory: is the cupboard bare? J Theor Biol 258:156-164.Forsdyke DR, 2009

    4. Forsdyke DR (2015) "A vehicle of symbols and nothing more." George Romanes, theory of mind, information, and Samuel Butler. History of Psychiatry 26:270-287. Forsdyke DR, 2015

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    Competing Interests: None declared.

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