Why life speeds up as you get older how memory shapes our past
"In this book, Douwe Draaisma, author of the internationally acclaimed Metaphors of Memory, 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,...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press
2006.
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| Edición: | 1st pbk. ed |
| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39797284*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- '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.
