A Nobel Prize–winning neuroscientist’s probing investigation of what brain disorders can tell us about human natureEric R. Kandel, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his foundational research into memory storage in the brain, is one of the pioneers of modern brain science. His work continues to shape our understanding of how learning and memory work and to break down age-old barriers between the sciences and the arts.In his seminal ...

When we view a work of art, we often experience an emotional response, but the causes of our reactions are complex. Our knowledge of why we respond to art as we do is rooted in science—in psychology and biology. Eric R. Kandel traces the origins of this understanding to early twentieth-century Vienna, which gave rise to the concept of the “beholder’s share,” the realization that art is incomplete without the perceptual and emotional involvement of the viewer—that is, without our responses ...

“A stunning book.”—Oliver SacksMemory binds our mental life together. We are who we are in large part because of what we learn and remember. But how does the brain create memories? Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel intertwines the intellectual history of the powerful new science of the mind—a combination of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and molecular biology—with his own personal quest to understand memory. A deft mixture of memoir and history, modern biology...

Il premio Nobel Eric Kandel ci porta alla scoperta di ciò che i disturbi cerebrali rivelano sulla natura umana. Lo studio della loro origine aiuta la ricerca di nuove terapie ma incoraggia anche un nuovo umanesimo, basato, almeno in parte, sulla conferma della natura biologica della nostra individualità. Kandel è uno dei pionieri delle moderne neuroscienze. Prendendo le mosse dalle sue ricerche, l’autore indaga una delle questioni fondamentali che dobbiamo affrontare: come nasce la nostra ...

Are art and science separated by an unbridgeable divide? Can they find common ground? In this new book, neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel, whose remarkable scientific career and deep interest in art give him a unique perspective, demonstrates how science can inform the way we experience a work of art and seek to understand its meaning. Kandel illustrates how reductionism—the distillation of larger scientific or aesthetic concepts into smaller, more tractable components—has been used by scienti...

Neurological and psychiatric disorders have long been regarded as fundamentally different, depending on whether they appear to affect the brain or the mind. In reality, the brain and the mind are inseparable. Both types of disorder can affect every aspect of brain function: from perception, action, memory and emotion to empathy, social interaction, attention and consciousness.It is easy to view brain disorders as simply tragic or frightening. However, studying where these functions...

Los trastornos neurológicos y psiquiátricos han sido considerados como algo completamente distinto dependiendo de si parecen afectar el cerebro o la mente. Sin embargo, lo cierto es que el cerebro y la mente son inseparables. Ambos tipos de trastornos pueden afectar todos los aspectos de la función cerebral: desde la percepción, la acción, la memoria y la emoción hasta la empatía, la interacción social, la atención y la conciencia.Sobre la base de su pionera investigación, Eric R. ...

One day in 1996, the neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel took a call from his program officer at the National Institute of Mental Health, who informed him that he had been awarded a key grant. Also, the officer said, he and his colleagues thought Kandel would win the Nobel Prize. “I hope not soon,” Kandel’s wife, Denise, said when she heard this. Sociologists had found that Nobel Prize winners often did not contribute much more to science, she explained.In this book, Kandel recounts his ...

Memory binds our mental life together. We are who we are in large part because of what we learn and remember. But how does the brain create memories? Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel intertwines the intellectual history of the powerful new science of the mind—a combination of cognitive psychology, neuroscience, and molecular biology—with his own personal quest to understand memory. A deft mixture of memoir and history, modern biology and behavior, In Search of Memory brings liste...

Entre reminiscências pessoais e relatos científicos, Em busca da memória mostra o papel de Eric Kandel, vencedor do prêmio Nobel em 2000, na fundação da ciência moderna da mente.Em busca da memória é, na verdade, várias buscas pela memória. Eric Kandel dedicou sua carreira a entender as bases biológicas de como a mente armazena experiências e reage a elas - trabalho que, além de solucionar um mistério científico, pode ser o ponto de partida para no...

One day in 1996, the neuroscientist Eric R. Kandel took a call from his program officer at the National Institute of Mental Health, who informed him that he had been awarded a key grant. Also, the officer said, he and his colleagues thought Kandel would win the Nobel Prize. "I hope not soon," Kandel's wife, Denise, said when she heard this. Sociologists had found that Nobel Prize winners often did not contribute much more to science, she explained.In this book, Kandel recounts his ...

"David Stifel provides a confident professorial tone in his narration of [Eric] Kandel's fascinating audiobook. Listeners searching for a fundamental review of neurobiology will find it satisfyingly comprehensive." — AudioFile MagazineEric R. Kandel, the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his foundational research into memory storage in the brain, is one of the pioneers of modern brain science. His work continues to shape our understan...