Why Life Speeds Up as You Get Older

Draaisma applies a blend of scholarship, poetic sensibility and keen observation in exploring the nature of autobiographical memory.

Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Draaisma applies a blend of scholarship! poetic sensibility and keen observation in exploring the nature of autobiographical memory! covering subjects such as deja-vu! near death experiences and memory recall. A highly accessible and personal read! this book will not fail to touch or provoke thought in its readers. 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 déjà 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.

Auteur
Douwe Draaisma is Professor in the History of Psychology at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Contenu

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 déjà 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.