
NeuroScience Fiction
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Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, author of The Forgetting Machine, returns with a book exploring how modern neuroscience is turning iconic science-fiction concepts into reality-and why these developments should prompt us to revisit centuries-old philosophical questions.
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His main research interest is on the study of the principles of visual perception and memory. He discovered what has been named ""Concept cells"" or ""Jennifer Aniston neurons"", neurons in the human brain that play a key role in memory formation, a finding that was selected as one of the top 100 scientific stories of 2005 by Discover Magazine. His work has been published in about 100 research articles and has received world-wide media attention, including articles in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Scientific American, New Scientist, The Independent, and others. He is also the author of Borges and Memory, linking the thoughts of Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges with memory research in Neuroscience.
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Introduction 1 2001: A Space Odyssey: Machine Intelligence 2 Blade Runner: Can Androids Feel? 3 Planet of the Apes: Animal Consciousness 4 The Matrix: The Illusion of Reality 5 Until the End of the World: Reading the Mind 6 Minority Report: Free Will 7 RoboCop: Cyborgs and Identity 8 Inception: Dream Construction 9 Total Recall: Memory Manipulation and Implantation 10 Open Your Eyes (Vanilla Sky): Immortality Epilogue: The Dawn of a New Philosophy Notes Acknowledgments About the Author Index