Memories are Made of This - Hardcover

Bourtchouladze, Rusiko

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0231120206 ISBN 13: 9780231120203

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Memories Are Made of This is an account of current memory science that offers answers to these and a host of other questions, comprehensively distilling much diverse and rigorous science. It delves into the biology of memory functions and researches into the mechanics and genetics of memory and the importance of emotions.

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About the Authors

Rusiko Bourtchouladze, a director of model systems at Helicon Therapeutics, Inc., and an adjunct associate professor at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, has published many key articles and papers on memory research.

Reviews

Bourtchouladze's major scientific work so far has demonstrated that short-term and long-term memories are separate systems. The path to that discovery was technical, but she describes it lucidly, writing considerably more smoothly and thoughtfully than many other scientists who write for general readers, conveying the excitement of science, and in her historical accounts of related fields, bringing researchers and their work to life. Protein synthesis, genes, and many other factors impinging upon memory are there to be discovered: most of her readers will aquire a much better understanding of how the field got to this point. Much is still to be discovered about the workings of the many types of memory, however, and Bourtchouladze points out gaps in our knowledge as she proceeds. Toward the end of this engaging book, she observes that "memory is what makes it possible for us to live but not to exist." Meanwhile, she has made us appreciate what the lives of some scientists are all about. William Beatty
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Edition details

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0231120206
• ISBN 13: 9780231120203
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208