Ebook: Borges and Memory: a Trip Through the Human Brain

FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; 1. FUNES AND OTHER CASES OF EXTRAORDINARY MEMORY; 2. THE LIBRARY OF BABEL; 3. THE MAN WHO COULD NOT FORGET; 4. LIVING IN THE PAST; 5. SUBTLETIES OF MEMORY; 6. WHERE DO MEMORIES RESIDE?; 7. PRODIGIOUS MINDS; 8. THE DELICATE BALANCE BETWEEN REMEMBERING AND FORGETTING; 9. PERCEPTION AND MEMORY; 10. NEUROPHYSIOLOGY OF VISION; 11. THE JENNIFER ANISTON NEURON; 12. KEYS TO THOUGHT; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INDEX.;A scientist's exploration of the working of memory begins with a story by Borges about a man who could not forget.