Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older

Produktbeschreibung

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. 

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 d‚j… 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. 

Kritik

'It is a joy to read with chapters on d‚j… vu, savants, trauma and first to last memories, providing a fresh and cogent look at how and why we remember.' Publishing News 

Autoreninfo

Draaisma, Douwe
Douwe Draaisma is Professor of History of Psychology at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He is the author of Metaphors of Memory (Cambridge, 2001).