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Zones of Re-membering.

The article discusses memory as a passive reception of sense impression on the brain, conceived as a "tabula rasa" or blank sheet to be arranged by "hosts of busy, anonymous archivist." It claims that contrary to the Freudian version of the Lockean hypothesis and the mechanistic theories of neurosur...

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Published in:Consciousness, Literature & the Arts (1573-2193) Vol. 28; pp. 19 - 34
Main Author: GIFFORD, DON
Format: Article
Published: Brill / Rodopi 2011
Subjects:
Memory
Brain
Neurosurgeons
Nervous system
Psychologists
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