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A Very Short Introduction
Jonathan K. Foster
ISBN: 9780192806758
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
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Why can we sometimes remember events from our childhood as if they happened yesterday, but not what we did last week? How are memories stored in the brain, and how does our memory change as we age? What happens when our memory goes wrong, and how easy is it for others to manipulate our memories? This fascinating Very Short Introduction brings together the latest research in psychology and neuroscience to address these and many other important questions about the science of memory …
Why do we remember events from our childhood as if they happened yesterday, but not what we did last week? Why does our memory seem to work well sometimes and not others? What happens when it goes wrong? Can memory be improved or manipulated, by psychological techniques or even 'brain implants'? How does memory grow and change as we age? And what of so-called 'recovered' memories? This book brings together the latest research in neuroscience and psychology, and weaves in case-studies, anecdotes, and even literature and philosophy, to address these and many other important questions about the science of memory - how it works, and why we can't live without it.
| ISBN | 0192806750 | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9780192806758
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 128 | | Publisher | Oxford University Press | | Published in | Oxford | | Imprint | Oxford University Press | | Series title | Very Short Introductions | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 174 | | Publication date | 06 Nov 2008 | | Width (mm) | 111 | | Library of Congress | QP406.F67 2009eb | | Spine width (mm) | 9 | | DEWEY | 153.12 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Alternative ISBN | 9786611948979 | | Pages | 144 | |
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| | | List of illustrations | | | | 1 | | You are your memory | | 1 | | 2 | | Mapping memories | | 24 | | 3 | | Pulling the rabbit out of the hat | | 49 | | 4 | | Inaccuracies in memory | | 61 | | 5 | | Memory impairment | | 84 | | 6 | | The seven ages of man | | 101 | | 7 | | Improving memory | | 114 | | | | Further reading | | 139 | | | | Index | | 141 |
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