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Memory : The Key to Consciousness /

Memory is perhaps the most extraordinary phenomenon in the natural world. Every person's brain holds millions of bits of information in long-term storage. This vast memory store includes our extensive vocabulary and knowledge of language; the tremendous and unique variety of facts we've am...

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Auteurs principaux: Thompson, Richard F. (Auteur), Madigan, Stephen A. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Oxford : Princeton University Press, 2007.
Édition:First Princeton paperback edition.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Résumé:Memory is perhaps the most extraordinary phenomenon in the natural world. Every person's brain holds millions of bits of information in long-term storage. This vast memory store includes our extensive vocabulary and knowledge of language; the tremendous and unique variety of facts we've amassed; all the skills we've learned, from walking and talking to musical and athletic performance; many of the emotions we feel; and the continuous sensations, feelings, and understandings of the world we term consciousness. Without memory there can be no mind as we understand it. Focusing.
Description:Originally published: Washington D.C. : Joseph Henry Press, 2005.
Description matérielle:1 online resource: illustrations
ISBN:9781400849482