num_pages: 368
description: Combining a richly detailed account of scientists at work with a highly readable explanation of cutting-edge neuroscience, this book offers fascinating new insights on the cellular mechanisms of memory &amp; learning.AcknowledgmentsThe search for the Rosetta stoneReading the record Making memories Metaphors of memory Holes in the head, holes in the mind Animals also remember The evolution of memory Molecules of memory? God's organisms? flies, sea slugs &amp; sea-horses Nobody here but us chickens Order, chaos, order: the fifth criterion The merits of velcro Interlude: laboratories are not enough Memories are made of thisReferencesIndex
language: English
title: The Making of Memory
titlecomplete: The Making of Memory
genres: Philosophy, Biology, Science, Neuroscience, Nonfiction, Psychology, Popular Science, Brain, Research
ratings_count: 88
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Royal Society Science Book Prize
category: General Prize
publisher: Anchor Books/Doubleday (NY)