Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older - How Memory Shapes Our Past

Klappentext This translation of the Dutch bestseller explores the nature of autobiographical memory. The fascinating book discusses deja-vu, near-death experiences, the memory feats of idiot savants, and the effects of extreme trauma on memory recall. Zusammenfassung Draaisma applies a blend of scholarship, poetic sensibility and keen observation in exploring the nature of autobiographical memory, covering subjects such as déjà-vu, near death experiences and memory recall. A highly accessible and personal read, this book will not fail to touch or provoke thought in its readers. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. 'Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases'; 2. Flashes in the dark: first memories; 3. Smell and memory; 4. Yesterday's record; 5. The inner flashbulb; 6. 'Why do we remember forwards and not backwards?'; 7. The absolute memories of Funes and Sherashevsky; 8. The advantages of a defect: the savant syndrome; 9. The memory of a grandmaster: a conversation with Ton Sijbrands; 10. Trauma and memory: the Demjanjuk case; 11. Richard and Anna Wagner: forty-five years of married life; 12. 'In oval mirrors we drive around': on experiencing a sense of déjà vu; 13. Reminiscences; 14. Why life speeds up as you get older; 15. Forgetting; 16. 'I saw my life flash before me'; 17. From memory - portrait with still life.

Product details

• Authors: D. Draaisma, Douwe Draaisma, Douwe (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Draaisma
• Assisted by: Arnold Pomerans (Translation), Erica Pomerans (Translation)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.10.2012
• EAN: 9781107646261
• ISBN: 978-1-107-64626-1
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 220 mm x 15 mm
• Series: Canto Classics; Canto Classics
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works