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The Forgetting Machine audiobook
- By: Rodrigo Quian Quiroga
- Narrator: Dan Woren
- Category: Cognitive Psychology, Psychology
- Length: 4 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2017
- Language: English
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The Forgetting Machine Audiobook Summary
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 Quiroga explains how the mechanics of memory illuminates these discussions, with implications for everything from understanding Alzheimer’s disease to the technology of artificial intelligence.
You’ll also learn about the research behind what Quiroga coined “Jennifer Aniston Neurons”–cells in the human brain that are responsible for representing specific concepts, such as recognizing a certain celebrity’s face. The discovery of these neurons opens new windows into the workings of human memory.
In this accessible, fascinating look at the science of remembering, you’ll learn how we turn perceptions into memories, how language shapes our experiences, and the crucial role forgetting plays in human recollection. You’ll see how electricity, chemistry, and abstraction combine to form something more than the human brain–the human mind. And you’ll gain surprising insight into what our brains can tell us about who we are.
The Forgetting Machine takes us on a journey through science and science fiction, philosophy and identity, using what we know about how we remember (and forget) to explore the very roots of what makes us human.
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The Forgetting Machine Audiobook Narrator
Dan Woren is the narrator of The Forgetting Machine audiobook that was written by Rodrigo Quian Quiroga
Dan Woren is an American voice actor and Earphones Award-winning narrator. He has worked extensively in animation, video games, and feature films. He is best known for his many roles in anime productions such as Bleach and as the voice of Sub-Zero in the video game Mortal Kombat.
About the Author(s) of The Forgetting Machine
Rodrigo Quian Quiroga is the author of The Forgetting Machine
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The Forgetting Machine Full Details
| Narrator | Dan Woren |
| Length | 4 hours 12 minutes |
| Author | Rodrigo Quian Quiroga |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Release date | April 23, 2024 |
| ISBN | 9781538461495 |
Subjects
The publisher of the The Forgetting Machine is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Cognitive Psychology, Psychology
Additional info
The publisher of the The Forgetting Machine is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Blackstone Publishing. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9781538461495.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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