<p>If we lose our memories, are we still ourselves? Is identity merely a collection of electrical impulses? What separates us from animals, or from computers?From Plato to Westworld, these questions have fascinated and befuddled philosophers, artists, and scientists for centuries. In The Forgetting Machine, neuroscientist Rodrigo Quiroga explains how the mechanics of memory illuminates these discussions, with implications for everything from understanding Alzheimer's disease to the technology of artificial intelligence.You'll also learn about the research behind what Quiroga coined "Jennifer Aniston Neurons"-cells in the human brain that are responsible for representing specific concepts, such as recognizing a certain celebrity's face. The discovery of these neurons opens new windows into the workings of human memory.In this accessible, fascinating look at the science of remembering, you'll learn how we turn perceptions into memories, how language shapes our experiences, and the crucial role forgetting plays in human recollection. You'll see how electricity, chemistry, and abstraction combine to form something more than the human brain-the human mind. And you'll gain surprising insight into what our brains can tell us about who we are.The Forgetting Machine takes us on a journey through science and science fiction, philosophy and identity, using what we know about how we remember (and forget) to explore the very roots of what makes us human.</p>

The Forgetting Machine: Memory, Perception, and the ''Jennifer Aniston Neuron''

Science & Math

Rodrigo Quian Quiroga

Biological Sciences

Blackstone Audio,Inc.

Que Es La Memoria

Editorial Paidos

La hiperconectividad del nuevo siglo determina un flujo informativo permanente, Funes el memorioso se ha hecho realidad: la información abruma y no hay tiempo para detenerse a pensar. Desde esa perspectiva, el autor produce el extraordinario cruce entre las neurociencias y las obras de Jorge Luis Borges, y con esas herramientas, se lanza a explorar los mecanismos que rigen nuestra memoria, explica con deslumbrante claridad el comportamiento de ciertas neuronas y se pone un traje de narrador sobre el uniforme del científico para que el viaje por el cerebro humano que ensaya aquí sea tan divertido como revelador. Rodrigo Quian Quiroga estudió física en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. Hizo un doctorado en matemática aplicada en Alemania. Sus trabajos sobre percepción y memoria en el cerebro humano han sido publicados en las más prestigiosas revistas científicas y han sido cubiertos en cientos de artículos periodísticos. Prólogo de María Kodama.

Borges y la memoria / Borges and The Memory: Un viaje por el cerebro humano, de "Funes el memorioso" a la neurona de Jennifer Aniston / A Journey ... from "Funes the Memoriou (Spanish Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

Sudamericana

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