Surprise: A virus-like protein is important for cognition and memory

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I posted this in the general Slack channel but as it does not look that active yet and since I think that this is important if confirmed I am reposting here: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/uouh-nrh010418.php

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Yeh, I was surprised when I read that too.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2018-01-virus-like-protein-important-cognition-memory.html

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There is a very nice book about viruses and evolution:

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Thanks. Looks interesting.
I’ll try and get hold of it.