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Why life speeds up as you get older : how memory shapes our past / Douwe Draaisma ; translated by Arnold and Erica Pomerans

Author
Draaisma, D.
Additional Titles
How memory shapes our past
Published
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012.
Edition
New edition.
Physical Description
1 online resource (ix, 277 pages) : illustrations
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Contents
'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.
Summary
Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older raises almost as many questions as it answers. Draaisma explores the nature of autobiographical memory, covering subjects such as dejvu, near death experiences and the effect of severe trauma on memory recall, as well as human perceptions of time at different stages in life.
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ISBN
9781139197090 (electronic bk.)
1139197096 (electronic bk.)
9781107414761 (electronic bk.)
1107414768 (electronic bk.)
9781107646261 (paperback)
110764626X (paperback)
Note
First ed. published in 2006.
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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