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In search of memory: The emergence of new science of mind Eric R. Kandel

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: W.W.Norton & Company 2006Edition: 1st EdDescription: xv, 510 pages : ill. ; 24 cm ISBN:
  • 9780393329377
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Contents:
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 brain regions -- Searching for an ideal system to study 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.
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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 brain regions --
Searching for an ideal system to study 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.

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