Chapter 3 : Biology of memory

Presentation Introduction

- - - - - - INTRODUCTION
Cerveau

 

The mysterious brain

How does it comprehend ?

How does it remember ?

 

“The mind of man is too small to comprehend itself”

(Saint Augustine, 5 th century)

 

“Since Hippocrates, there has been little progress in identifying structures and mechanisms controlling cognitive and emotional activities in the healthy subject, and this progress is even smaller concerning discovery of the causes for alteration of mental functions.”

(Rita Levi MONTALCINI, Nobel Prize for medicine, 1999

 

 

Let us explore by looking at the following:  

Neurones and synapses

Blood circulation in the brain

Memory and brain: the principal conclusions of biology

Questions annexes

home<--->top

Mémoire et Vie
info@memoireetvie.com

Copyright©2004 - Mémoire et Vie - tous droits réservés