Borges and memory : encounters with the human brain

General Information

Uniform Title
Borges y la memoria.
Author/Creator
Quian Quiroga, Rodrigo.
Language
English.
Published
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2012.
Physical Description
ix, 213 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subjects

Subject
Borges, Jorge Luis, 1899-1986 > Criticism and interpretation.
Memory > Physiological aspects > Popular works.
Brain > Research > Popular works.
Memory disorders > Case studies.
Memory in literature.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga ; translated by Juan Pablo Fernández ; foreword by María Kodama.
Note
Translated from Spanish.
Content
Funes and other cases of extraordinary memory -- The library of babel -- The man who could not forget -- Living in the past -- Subtleties of memory -- Where do memories reside? -- Prodigious minds -- The delicate balance between remembering and forgetting -- Perception and memory -- Neurophysiology of vision -- The Jennifer Aniston neuron -- Keys to thought.
ISBN
9780262018210
0262018217

Holdings

Item Type Current Location Collection Call Number Volume Info Shelving Location Public Note
BookOSA Archivum LibraryReference collection612.8/233 QUIReference-

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