{"product_id":"borges-and-memory-encounters-with-the-human-brain-paperback","title":"Borges and Memory: Encounters with the Human Brain - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRodrigo Quian Quiroga\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJuan Pablo Fernandez\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eMaria Kodama\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA scientist's exploration of the working of memory begins with a story by Borges about a man who could not forget.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImagine the astonishment felt by neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga when he found a fantastically precise interpretation of his research findings in a story written by the great Argentinian fabulist Jorge Luis Borges fifty years earlier. Quian Quiroga studies the workings of the brain--in particular how memory works--one of the most complex and elusive mysteries of science. He and his fellow neuroscientists have at their disposal sophisticated imaging equipment and access to information not available just twenty years ago. And yet Borges seemed to have imagined the gist of Quian Quiroga's discoveries decades before he made them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe title character of Borges's \"Funes the Memorious\" remembers everything in excruciatingly particular detail but is unable to grasp abstract ideas. Quian Quiroga found neurons in the human brain that respond to abstract concepts but ignore particular details, and, spurred by the way Borges imagined the consequences of remembering every detail but being incapable of abstraction, he began a search for the origins of Funes. Borges's widow, Mar? Kodama, gave him access to her husband's personal library, and Borges's books led Quian Quiroga to reread earlier thinkers in philosophy and psychology. He found that just as Borges had perhaps dreamed the results of Quian Quiroga's discoveries, other thinkers--William James, Gustav Spiller, John Stuart Mill--had perhaps also dreamed a story like \"Funes.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith\u003ci\u003e Borges and Memory\u003c\/i\u003e, Quian Quiroga has given us a fascinating and accessible story about the workings of the brain that the great creator of Funes would appreciate.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eRodrigo Quian Quiroga, a native of Argentina, is Professor and Director of the Bioengineering Research Centre at the University of Leicester.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8 x 5.38 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 31, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42727220641855,"sku":"9780262549561","price":64.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/50978dfc6f9b7776e6d189985266b4cd.webp?v=1765113995","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/borges-and-memory-encounters-with-the-human-brain-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}