Memories are Made of This: The Biological Building Blocks of Memory - Couverture souple

Bourtchouladze, Rusiko

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0753813637 ISBN 13 : 9780753813638

Editeur : Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 2003

Synopsis

Every memory, from our first recollection of a family event, to our response to the ring of a doorbell, defines who we are. Without memory constantly linking the threads of our present, past and future, we would not have a personal history, or know how to think or behave. But why, if remembering is so ordinary, do we momentarily forget the name of a loved one, or struggle to find an answer that we think we know? Are our memories fixed in particular chunks of brain tissue, or is memory a dynamic, biologically creative process that involves many different parts of the brain? How long do different memories last? And what do genes contribute to the process?

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À propos de l?auteur

Rusiko Bourtchouladze was formerly at Columbia University, and is now Director of Model Systems at Helicon Therapeutics Inc., as well as visiting Staff Scientist at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, New York. She has been involved in memory research for more than twenty years and has published numerous papers and articles on the topic.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0753813637
• ISBN 13: 9780753813638
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
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• Personne responsable: non disponible