Why life speeds up as you get older : how memory shapes our past /

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In this book Draaisma explores the nature of autobiographical memory. Applying a unique blend of scholarship, poetic sensibility and keen observation he tackles such extraordinary phenomena as deja vu, near-death experiences, the memory feats of idiots savants and the effects of extreme trauma on me...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Draaisma, D.
Otros Autores: Pomerans, Arnold, Pomerans, Erica
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Dutch
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Temas:
Autobiographical memory.
Memory.
Memory
Mémoire épisodique.
Mémoire.
memory (psychological concept)
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
Autobiographical memory
Geheugen.
Autobiografieën.
Herinnering.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 'Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases'
  • Flashes in the dark : first memories
  • Smell and memory
  • Yesterday's record
  • The inner flashbulb
  • 'Why do we remember forwards and not backwards?'
  • The absolute memories of Funes and Sherashevsky
  • The advantages of a defect : the savant syndrome
  • The memory of a grandmaster : a conversation with Ton Sijbrands
  • Trauma and memory : the Demjanjuk case
  • Richard and Anna Wagner : forty-five years of married life
  • 'In oval mirrors we drive around' : on experiencing a sense of déjà vu
  • Reminiscences
  • Why life speeds up as you get older
  • Forgetting
  • 'I saw my life flash before me'
  • From memory--Portrait with Still Life.

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