Tulving Memory and Consciousness in Tallinn
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"Mirror, mirror, on the wall, what's the fairest science of them all?" "Why, yours, of course, master: the science of memory, consciousness, and the brain!" "But, mirror, are you sure there is such a thing! I have never heard anyone talk about the science of memory, consciousness, and the brain." "Well, master, now you have. What do you propose to do about it?" The mirror is clever. It shows political wisdom, in saying things that please the questioner, and yet it thinks surprisingly refreshing thoughts. Memory and consciousness have been objects of fascination to dedicated psychologists and other brain scientists for over a hundred years. Owing to the great complexity of the two concepts, however, the progress in their understanding over most of this time has been rather slow, and the quest for such understanding continues unabated. New coalitions and convergences of traditionally separate disciplines are emerging all the time. Although there have been as yet no public utterances made about a separate branch of the science of memory, consciousness, and the brain, it should be clear to anyone who has been close to the scene that the omission lies in the label and not in the to-be-labeled activity. A four-day conference on the topic of "Memory, Consciousness, and the Brain" was held in Tallinn, Estonia, at the end of May 1998. Its purpose was to review the recent progress in the research on the topic of memory, consciousness, and the brain, to identify some of the acute outstanding problems, and to muse about future possibilities. The present
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