Borges and memory : encounters with the human brain /

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Discusses the science of memory and the interpretation of memory in the novels of Jorge Luis Borges and earlier literatures.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Quian Quiroga, Rodrigo (Author)
Other Authors: Fernández, Juan Pablo (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Español
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.
©2012
Subjects:
Borges, Jorge Luis, > 1899-1986 > Criticism and interpretation.
Borges, Jorge Luis, > 1899-1986
Memory > Physiological aspects > Popular works.
Brain > Research > Popular works.
Memory disorders > Case studies.
Memory in literature.
Cerveau > Recherche > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Mémoire dans la littérature.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
Brain > Research
Memory disorders
Memory in literature
Memory > Physiological aspects
NEUROSCIENCE/General
COGNITIVE SCIENCES/Psychology/Cognitive Psychology
Case Reports
Case studies
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Popular works
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Funes and other cases of extraordinary memory
  • The library of babel
  • The man who could not forget
  • Living in the past
  • Subtleties of memory
  • Where do memories reside?
  • Prodigious minds
  • The delicate balance between remembering and forgetting
  • Perception and memory
  • Neurophysiology of vision
  • The Jennifer Aniston neuron
  • Keys to thought.

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