In search of memory

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NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE Memory binds our mentái life together. We are who we are in large part because of what we learn and rememben But how does the brain create memories? Nobel Prize wínner Eric R. Kandel intertwines the intellectual history of the powerful new science of the mind -a combination of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and molecular biology-with his own personal quest to understand memory. A deft mixture of memoir and history, modern biology and behavior, In Search of Memory brings readers from Kandel's childhood in Nazi-occupied Vienna to the forefront of one of the great scientific endeavors of the twentieth century: the search for the biological basis of memory. "Arresting - indeed, unforgettable." - Howard Gardner, Washington Post "An enchanting book." -Nancy C. Andreasen, Science "If there is another book that does a better job of demonstrating how biological research is done, or of teliing the story of a brilliant scientist's career, I don't know it. .... Tovább

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NEW YORK TIMES EDITOR'S CHOICE Memory binds our mentái life together. We are who we are in large part because of what we learn and rememben But how does the brain create memories? Nobel Prize wínner Eric R. Kandel intertwines the intellectual history of the powerful new science of the mind -a combination of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and molecular biology-with his own personal quest to understand memory. A deft mixture of memoir and history, modern biology and behavior, In Search of Memory brings readers from Kandel's childhood in Nazi-occupied Vienna to the forefront of one of the great scientific endeavors of the twentieth century: the search for the biological basis of memory. "Arresting - indeed, unforgettable." - Howard Gardner, Washington Post "An enchanting book." -Nancy C. Andreasen, Science "If there is another book that does a better job of demonstrating how biological research is done, or of teliing the story of a brilliant scientist's career, I don't know it. . . . An important and marvelous book. Sigmund Freud and the illustrious cavalcade of pioneering neuroscientists, psychologists and philosophers who have contributed so much to our understanding of the humán mind during the past century would look with pleasure on it." - Sherwin B. Nuland, New York Times Book Review "Few can interlace their autobiography with the evolution of a scientific paradigm. Even fewer can weave such a story seamlessly. Eric Kandel is one of these." -Yadin Dudái, Nature Vissza