In search of memory:the emergence of a new science of mind
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Published: |
W.W. Norton & Co.,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | c2006. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
Edition: | 1st ed. |
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Carrier Form: | xv, 510 p.: ill. ; 24 cm. |
ISBN: |
0393058638 9780393058635 |
Index Number: | K837 |
CLC: | K837.126.2 |
Call Number: | K837.126.2/K162 |
Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 453-484) and index. Personal memory and the biology of memory storage -- A child in Vienna -- An American education -- One cell at a time -- The nerve cell speaks -- Conversation between nerve cells -- Simple and complex neuronal systems -- Different memories, different regions of the brain -- Searching for an ideal model for studying memory -- Neural analogs of learning -- Strengthening synaptic connections -- A center for neurobiology and behavior -- Even a simple behavior can be modified by learning -- Synapses change with experience -- The biological basis of individuality -- Molecules and short-term memory -- Long-term memory -- Memory genes -- A dialogue between genes and synapses -- A return to complex memory -- Synapses also hold our fondest memories -- The brain's picture of the external world -- Attention must be paid! -- A little red pill -- Mice, men, and mental illness -- A new way to treat mental illness -- Biology and the renaissance of psychoanalytic thought -- Consciousness -- Rediscovering vienna via stockholm -- Learning from memory: prospects. |