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Autore |
Quian Quiroga Rodrigo |
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Titolo |
Borges and memory : encounters with the human brain / / Rodrigo Quian Quiroga ; translated by Juan Pablo Fernández ; foreword by María Kodama |
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Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2012 |
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©2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-262-30495-3 |
1-283-62981-X |
0-262-30587-9 |
9786613942265 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (225 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Memory - Physiological aspects |
Brain - Research |
Memory disorders |
Memory in literature |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1. FUNES AND OTHER CASES OF EXTRAORDINARY MEMORY; 2. THE LIBRARY OF BABEL; 3. THE MAN WHO COULD NOT FORGET; 4. LIVING IN THE PAST; 5. SUBTLETIES OF MEMORY; 6. WHERE DO MEMORIES RESIDE?; 7. PRODIGIOUS MINDS; 8. THE DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING; 9. PERCEPTION AND MEMORY; 10. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF VISION; 11. THE JENNIFER ANISTON NEURON; 12. KEYS TO THOUGHT; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Discusses the science of memory and the interpretation of memory in the novels of Jorge Luis Borges and earlier literatures. |
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