Experimental Evidence of Classical Conditioning and Microscopic Engrams in an Electroconductive Material.

ABSTRACT: Synthetic experimental substrates are indispensable tools which can allow researchers to model biological processes non-invasively in three-dimensional space. In this study, we investigated the capacities of an electroconductive material whose properties converge upon those of the brain. An electrically conductive material composed of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, ions, water, and trace amounts of other organic compounds and minerals was classically conditioned as inferred by electrophysiological measurements. Spectral densities evoked during the display of a conditioned stimulus (CS) probe were strongly congruent with those displayed during the conditioned-unconditioned stimulus pairing (CS-UCS). The neutral stimulus consisted of the pulsed light from a LED. The unconditioned stimulus wa

SUBMITTER: Rouleau N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5072579 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature