Making of Memory (1-3)
Quite enjoying this, though if am honest don’t feel 100% at home reading about phosphoproteins! First three chapters mostly seem to be stage-setting and autobiographical.
Ch.1 : The Search for the Rosetta Stone
- Rose suggests an understanding of memory can act as a Rosetta Stone for the Hieroglyphics of Mind and the Greek of Brain
- Admits there are some problems with this: it treats memory purely on an individual level (no collective conscious etc); and it doesn’t take into account the rest of the body and the hormones it produces affecting brain and mind.
Ch. 2: Reading the record
- autobiographical stuff on current day to day life of a researcher.
Ch. 3: Making Memories
- about how neuroscience came to be, and how Rose became a memory researcher in the 60’s.
Links:
Rosetta Stone - British Museum
