Auf der Suche nach dem Gedächtnis - Der Hirnforscher Eric Kandel . In Search of Memory – The Neuroscientist Eric Kandel

Verzio FF Submission “In Search of Memory” parallels the life story and groundbreaking work of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century, Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel. The spry and quick-witted 79-year-old Kandel leaps off the screen as a magnetic personality and force of life....

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Other Authors: Seeger, Petra
Institution:Open Society Archives at Central European University
Language:English
German
Published: FilmForm Cologne 2008
Germany
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10891/osa:87e12265-84b6-4fff-97c9-5d5bbbef5fa4
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Summary:Verzio FF Submission “In Search of Memory” parallels the life story and groundbreaking work of one of the most important neuroscientists of the 20th century, Nobel Prize-winner Eric Kandel. The spry and quick-witted 79-year-old Kandel leaps off the screen as a magnetic personality and force of life. Born in 1929 Vienna to a lower-middle class Jewish family, he emigrated to the United States to escape Nazi persecution before devoting his life's work to understanding the brain's role in recording and preserving memory. Kandel retraces his traumatic childhood and strong ties to Judaism, and its influence in his pioneering research to understand "the glue that binds our mental life together." Dramatic recreations of Kandel's formative years along with archival footage make for an unforgettable biography.
Published:2008