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How does your memory work?

Contributor(s): BBC Active (Firm) | British Broadcasting Corporation.
Publisher: Frenchs Forest, NSW : BBC Active, c2006Description: 1 videodisc (ca 49 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Uniform titles: Horizon (Television program) Subject(s): Memory disorders -- Case studies | Alzheimer's disease -- Etiology | Memory -- Age factors -- Case studiesDDC classification: 616.83 Summary: Explores the mechanisms of human memory, presenting new case studies and medical findings that reveal the complexity of the brain's memory center. Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Randy Buckner explains his research into memory functions and Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Faraneh Vargha-Khadem of University College London discusses her work with a 30-year old man who, due to hippocampal damage, has almost no memory capacity. And Dr. Alain Brunet of McGill University explains recent trials of propanolol as a treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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616.83 HOW 2006 (Browse shelf) 1 Available SLASx,21003,02,GR 1000524083

Explores the mechanisms of human memory, presenting new case studies and medical findings that reveal the complexity of the brain's memory center. Harvard psychiatrist Dr. Randy Buckner explains his research into memory functions and Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Faraneh Vargha-Khadem of University College London discusses her work with a 30-year old man who, due to hippocampal damage, has almost no memory capacity. And Dr. Alain Brunet of McGill University explains recent trials of propanolol as a treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.

DVD.

Closed captioned.