The Forgetting Machine: Memory, Perception, and the Jennifer Aniston Neuron

by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga

Book Overview

If we lose our memories, are we still ourselves? Is identity merely a collection of electrical impulses? What separates us from animals, or from computers?

From Plato to Westworld, these questions have fascinated and befuddled philosophers, artists, and scientists for centuries. In The Forgetting Machine, neuroscientist Rodrigo Quian Quiroga explains how the mechanics of memory illuminates these discussions, with implications...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1944648542
• ISBN13: 9781944648541
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: BenBella Books
• Length: 170 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.6" x 5.5"