The Invention of Memory (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Israel Rosenfield
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Psychology
- Genres: Nonfiction, Science and technology
- Subjects: Memory, Science or scientists, Life sciences, Brain
Though the mysterious inner workings of the mind have long been a source of fascination and investigation, two theories about how the brain works have for the most part never been challenged. The first is that memories exist in a permanent storage file in the brain. Much like a computer that holds all the data programmed into it, the mind, it is believed, holds a record of everything it has ever experienced. Wilder Penfield's experiments in the 1930's seemed to confirm this, when electrical stimulation of certain areas in his patients’ brains triggered memories of long-forgotten...
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