A Short History of Memory

Neuroscience and the Search for the Mind

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Pub Date Oct 19 2012 | Archive Date Jul 15 2013
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Description

Re-thinking the biological ties between the brain and the mind: The current analogy of the brain as a computer is too narrow to understand the complexities of stimulus perception and human reaction: a new paradigm is proposed. Memory is the past. Memory is the history of perceptions perceived. In an age in which the world bombards our senses seemingly non-stop, we should have a universe full of memories defining and neatly labeling our past. But what exactly is the past? Using foundations laid by neuroscience, A SHORT HISTORY OF MEMORY opens an exploration into the brain that perceives and the mind that remembers and reacts to the past. It starts with a simple question: where do the images we experience in nightly dreams come from?

Re-thinking the biological ties between the brain and the mind: The current analogy of the brain as a computer is too narrow to understand the complexities of stimulus perception and human reaction:...


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Also available in ebook (Kindle) format, $7.95.

Also available in ebook (Kindle) format, $7.95.


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ISBN 9780985826291
PRICE $12.95 (USD)

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