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In Retrospect: Funes the Memorious
Professor Rodrigo Quian Quiroga, a Neuroscientist from the University of Leicester’s Department of Engineering, has made the unlikely link between the worlds of neuroscience and literature.
An article published in Nature magazine uncovers Jorge Luis Borges’ fascination with memory and neuroscience. In the article Professor Quian Quiroga considers Borges’ fictional story Funes the memorious, highlighting the central character, Ireneo Funes, and his vast memory and infinite powers of recollection.
The full article published in Nature can be found at: http://www.vis.caltech.edu/~rodri/papers/Nature_2010.pdf
The University press release can be found at: http://www2.le.ac.uk/ebulletin/news/press-releases/2010-2019/2010/02/nparticle.2010-02-04.5848144485
