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

Draaisma, D. (Author). Pomerans, Arnold. (Added Author). Pomerans, Erica. (Added Author).

Summary: 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 memory recall.

Record details

ISBN: 0521834244
ISBN: 9780511337918
ISBN: 0511337914
ISBN: 9781139130660
ISBN: 1139130668
ISBN: 6611113037
ISBN: 9786611113032
ISBN: 9781107161016
ISBN: 1107161010
ISBN: 0521691990
ISBN: 9780521691994
ISBN: 9781281113030
ISBN: 1281113034
ISBN: 0521834244
ISBN: 9780521834247
ISBN: 9780511337383
ISBN: 0511337388
ISBN: 0511338473
ISBN: 9780511338472
ISBN: 0511252722
ISBN: 9780511252723
ISBN: 0511489943
ISBN: 9780511489945
Physical Description: 1 online resource (ix, 277 pages) : illustrations
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Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	'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.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.