What knowledge have you connected with past knowledge?

            This past class I presented on protein synthesis and how it is involved in making memories. I had originally chosen this article because it reminded me a lot of the course work I’ve had in many of my psychology classes. In fact, I chose psychology as a second major, after biology, due to so many connections I’ve seen between the two. I had learned a lot in the past about the structure and function of neurons in the brain but this was the first time I had ever learned of  their connection to CREB in memory. Using both my previous knowledge on this material combined with the new information presented in this article I was able to more fully grasp the process of both short-term and long-term memory making.

            The topics that we have been recently covering in class including prokaryote/eukaryote replication, transcription, and then translation are all things I have seen throughout multiple science courses here at UNHM and even in my earlier education. I have found that each time I learn them I get a better grasp on the subject and the fact that each teacher approaches them differently allows for me to see these concepts and understand them in new ways.