Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older: How Memory Shapes Our PastCambridge University Press, 2012 M03 29 - 288 páginas Entertaining and educational, Douwe Draaisma's Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older raises almost as many questions as it answers. Draaisma applies a blend of scholarship, poetic sensibility and keen observation in exploring the nature of autobiographical memory, covering subjects such as déj...-vu, near death experiences and the effect of severe trauma on memory recall, as well as human perceptions of time at different stages in life. A highly accessible and personal read, this book will not fail to touch or provoke thought in its readers. |
Contenido
Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases | 1 |
first memories | 15 |
Smell and memory | 31 |
Yesterdays record | 45 |
The inner flashbulb | 49 |
Why do we remember forwards and not backwards? | 55 |
The absolute memories of Funes and Sherashevsky | 61 |
the savant syndrome | 73 |
fortyfive years of married life | 131 |
on experiencing a sense of déjà vu | 141 |
Reminiscences | 172 |
Why life speeds up as you get older | 201 |
Forgetting | 226 |
I saw my life flash before me | 239 |
From memory Portrait with Still Life | 269 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older: How Memory Shapes our Past Douwe Draaisma Vista previa limitada - 2012 |
Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older: How Memory Shapes our Past Douwe Draaisma Sin vista previa disponible - 2006 |
Términos y frases comunes
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