Why Life Speeds up as You Get Older How Memory Shapes Our Past |
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| Author:
| Draaisma, Douwe |
| Translator:
| Pomerans, Arnold
Pomerans, Erica |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-83424-7 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2004 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | AUD $61.95 |
Book Description:
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In this enchanting and thoughtful book (shortlisted for the 2005 Aventis Prize), Douwe Draaisma, author of the internationally acclaimed Metaphors of Memory, explores the nature of autobiographical memory and extraordinary phenomena such as the memory feats of idiot-savants or the effects of extreme trauma on memory recall.
In this enchanting and thoughtful book (shortlisted for the 2005 Aventis Prize), Douwe Draaisma, author of the internationally acclaimed Metaphors of Memory, explores the nature of autobiographical memory and extraordinary phenomena such as the memory feats of idiot-savants or the effects of extreme trauma on memory recall.