# Reading the First Complex Memory from a Vertebrate Brain by Kornfeld Lab > "We aim at reading the first complex memory from a vertebrate brain to deepen our understanding of how neural circuits encode, store, and retrieve information at the level of synaptic connectivity." > **— Kornfeld Lab**, *institutional research mission* ## Sources and Context - **Institutional source and full sentence:** [Kornfeld Lab](https://www.kornfeldlab.org/) — this is the laboratory's authored research mission, not evidence of a personally spoken Joergen Kornfeld quotation. ## Related Articles and Collections - **Collection:** [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] - **Collection:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] - **Article:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] - **Article:** [[articles/The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas|The Organic-Synthetic Brain Atlas]] - **Article:** [[articles/Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks and the Allen Institute|Machine Intelligence from Cortical Networks and the Allen Institute]] - **Wiki map:** [[wiki/Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] ## Related Topics - [[wiki/Joergen Kornfeld|Joergen Kornfeld]] - [[wiki/Engram|Engram]] - [[wiki/Memory Substrate|Memory Substrate]] - [[wiki/Connectomics|Connectomics]] - [[wiki/Whole-Brain Connectomics|Whole-Brain Connectomics]] - [[wiki/Neural Mapping|Neural Mapping]] ## Share on Social Media ``` "We aim at reading the first complex memory from a vertebrate brain to deepen our understanding of how neural circuits encode, store, and retrieve information at the level of synaptic connectivity." — Kornfeld Lab, institutional research mission https://bryantmcgill.com/simple-reminders-kornfeld-lab-first-complex-vertebrate-memory ```