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Daniel L. Schacter, chairman of Harvard University's Department of Psychology, is one of the world's foremost memory experts and offers here the first framework that explains the common memory miscues we all encounter. Schacter explains how transience reflects a weakening of memory over time, how absent-mindness occurs when failures of attention sabotage memory and how blocking happens when we can't retrieve a name we know well. Other problems are distorted memories, misattribution (assigning a memory to a wrong source), suggestibility (implanting false memories) and bias (rewriting the past based on present beliefs). The final problem, persistence, concerns intrusive recollections that we cannot forget even when we wish we could. Daniel Schacter not only explains how these failures of memory occur routinely in daily life but also why it is a good thing that they happen, and why it is surprisingly vital to a keen mind that they occur regularly. Elegantly written and with vivid examples for instance, the absent-mindness that plagued a national memory champion and the violinist who forgot that he had placed a priceless Stradivarius on top of his car before driving off. Drawing on recent research, such as the imaging of the brain that shows memories actually being formed, this is one of the most lucid and engaging science books of the year. Beautifully written this original book by an author who has been described by Olivier Sacks as "an acute and poetic observer of human nature" provides a fascinating new look at our brains and what we generally think of as our minds. A groundbreaking work that will provide reassurance for everyone, from twenty-somethings who find their lives too busy, to baby boomers who mutter about "early Alzheimer's", to senior citizen who worry about how much (or how little) they can remember.
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- ÉditeurSouvenir Press Ltd
- Date d'édition2007
- ISBN 10 0285636847
- ISBN 13 9780285636842
- ReliureBroché
- Nombre de pages272
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Description du livre Paperback. Etat : Very Good. A groundbreaking work by one of the world's foremost memory experts that offers the first framework to explain the basic memory miscues that we all encounter. Daniel L. Schacter, chairman of Harvard University's Psychology Department, is internationally recognised as one of the world's authorities on memory, explains that just as the seven deadly sins, the seven memory sins appear routinely in everyday life, and why it is a good thing that they happen and surprisingly vital to a keen mind. The author explains how transience reflects a weakening of memory over time, how absent-mindedness occurs when failures of attention sabotage memory and how blocking happens when we can't retrieve a name we know well. Three other sins involve distorted memories: misattribution (assigning a memory to the wrong source), suggestibility (implanting false memories), and bias (rewriting the past based on present beliefs). The seventh sin, persistence, concerns intrusive recollections that we cannot forget - even when we wish we could. Daniel Schacter illustrates decades of research into memory lapses with compelling, and often bizarre, examples - for example, the violinist who placed a priceless Stradivarius on top of his car before driving off and the national memory champion who was plagued by absentmindedness. This book also explores recent research, such as the imaging of the brain that actually shows memories being formed. Together the stories and scientific findings examined in How The Mind Forgets and Remembers will reassure everyone from twenty-somethings who find their lives too busy to those in their fifties and sixties who are worried about early Alzheimers. Beautifully written, this original book provides a fascinating new look at our brains and what we more generally think of as our minds. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. N° de réf. du vendeur GOR003108900
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Description du livre Paperback. Etat : Very Good. This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping. N° de réf. du vendeur 6545-9780285636842
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