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Memories Are Made of This: The Biological Building Blocks of Memory

Memories Are Made of This: The Biological Building Blocks of Memory

by RusikoBourtchouladze (Author)

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    Paperback 2003

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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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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Edition: New edition
 Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 03 Jul 2003
ISBN 10: 0753813637
ISBN 13: 9780753813638
Book Overview: For readers of Susan Greenfield and Oliver Sacks Fascinating and popular subject - BBC recently had success with programme The Human Brain Published to mark the Decade of the Brain, the series covers all the major topical areas of neuroscience and neuropsychology. Part of the Maps of the Mind series, edited by Steven Rose, Professor of Biology at the Open University 'A wonderfully personal, interesting and enjoyable overview of modern studies of memory' Nobel prize-winning scientist,Eric R. Kandel 'This is one book I will not forget' Professor Tim Tully 'The last twenty years have been groundbreaking in the study of memory, and this book offers an insider's account of those heady times' Professor Alchino Silva

Author Bio
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.