Forgetting : myths, perils and compensations /

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In his highly praised book The Nostalgia Factory, renowned memory scholar Douwe Draaisma explored the puzzling logic of memory in later life with humor and deep insight. In this compelling new book he turns to the "miracle" of forgetting. Far from being a defect that may indicate Alzheimer...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Draaisma, D. (Author)
Other Authors: Waters, Liz (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Dutch
Published: New Haven [Connecticut] ; London : Yale University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Memory.
Recollection (Psychology)
Cognitive psychology.
Memory > physiology
Mental Recall
Cognition > physiology
Rappel (Psychologie)
Psychologie cognitive.
PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY > Personality.
SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Forgetting: an introduction
  • First memories: islands in the stream of forgetting
  • Why we forget dreams
  • In memory of Henry M.
  • The man who forgot faces
  • A slope, followed by an abyss
  • Your colleague has a brilliant idea, yours
  • The Galileo of neurology
  • On repression
  • The myth of total recall
  • The memory of the Esterházys
  • The mirror that never forgets
  • The second death
  • The art of forgetting
  • Questions about forgetting.

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