Memory as Prediction by Tomaso Vecchi - ISBN: 9780262044752
Hardcover
Memory isn’t for the past: it predicts the future.

Memory as Prediction

From Looking Back to Looking Forward

  • Hardcover

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    2 February 2021

Summary

Theoretical reflections and analytical observations on memory and prediction, linking these concepts to the role of the cerebellum in higher cognition.

What is memory? What is memory for? Where is memory in the brain? Although memory is probably the most studied function in cognition, these fundamental questions remain challenging. We can try to answer the question of memory’s purpose by defining the function of memory as remembering the past. And yet this definition is not consistent…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262044752
ISBN-10:0262044757
Author:Tomaso Vecchi, Daniele Gatti
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:2 February 2021
Weight:466g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
About The Author

Tomaso Vecchi

Tomaso Vecchi is Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Head of the Department of Brain and Behavioral Sciences, and Vice-Rector at the University of Pavia, Italy. He is also Head of the Cognitive Neurostimulation Lab at the National Neurological Institute, IRCCS Mondino Foundation.

Daniele Gatti is a Research Fellow at the University of Pavia, Italy.

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