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Shakespeare’s Memory – Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga (Director of the Centre for Systems Neuroscience, University of Leicester)

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Shakespeare and the Brain
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Rodrigo’s talk references the writing of Jorge Luis Borges, particularly his short stories 'Shakespeare’s Memory' and 'Funes the Memorious', which deal with memory.
He combines concepts from neuroscience about visual perception and memory with discussion of philosophical and literary ideas about the part played by memory in personal identity.

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Shakespeare and the Brain
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Rodrigo Quian Quiroga
Keywords
literature
shakespeare
borges
memory
neuroscience
Renaissance literature
drama
Department: St Edmund Hall
Date Added: 12/12/2016
Duration: 00:44:10

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