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Borges and memory : encounters with the human brain

by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, Juan Fernandez

An exploration of the neurobiology of memory that compares modern scientific discoveries with Jorge Luis Borges's fictional story of a man who could not forget, examining how the brain processes information and conceptualises abstract ideas.

Accession 11366 ISBN 9780262018210 Publisher MIT Press
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