Memory: A Very Short Introduction - Brossura

Foster, Jonathan K.

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ISBN 10: 0192806750 ISBN 13: 9780192806758

Casa editrice: OUP Oxford, 2008

Riassunto

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.
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Su questo libro

L'autore:

Dr Jonathan Foster is a Clinical Professor affiliated with Curtin University, the University of Western Australia and the Telethon Institute. He works part-time in the Neurosciences Unit, Health Department of WA and in Private Practice. He has over 25 years' experience working in the field of memory and memory disorders, with over 100 peer-reviewed publications.

Contenuti:

• Preface
• 1: You Are Your Memory
• 2: Mapping Your Memories
• 3: Pulling the Rabbit Out of the Hat...
• 4: Sometimes It Works and Sometimes It Doesn't
• 5: Losing It
• 6: The Seven Ages of Man
• 7: Improving Memory
• Further Reading & References

Su questa edizione

• Editore: OUP Oxford
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0192806750
• ISBN 13: 9780192806758
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 144