A Sense of Self: Memory, the Brain, and Who We Are - Couverture rigide

O'Keane, Veronica

 
9780393541922: A Sense of Self: Memory, the Brain, and Who We Are
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ISBN 10 : 0393541924 ISBN 13 : 9780393541922
Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2021

Synopsis

A twinge of sadness, a rush of love, a knot of loss, a whiff of regret. Memories have the power to move us, often when we least expect it, a sign of the complex neural process that continues in the background of our everyday lives. This process shapes us: filtering the world around us, informing our behavior and feeding our imagination.

Psychiatrist Veronica O'Keane has spent many years observing how memory and experience are interwoven. In this rich, fascinating exploration, she asks, among other things: Why can memories feel so real? How are our sensations and perceptions connected with them? Why is place so important in memory? Are there such things as "true" and "false" memories? And, above all, what happens when the process of memory is disrupted by mental illness? O'Keane uses the broken memories of psychosis to illuminate the integrated human brain, offering a new way of thinking about our own personal experiences.

Drawing on poignant accounts that include her own experiences, as well as what we can learn from insights in literature and fairytales and the latest neuroscientific research, O'Keane reframes our understanding of the extraordinary puzzle that is the human brain and how it changes during its growth from birth to adolescence and old age. By elucidating this process, she exposes the way that the formation of memory in the brain is vital to the creation of our sense of self.

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À propos de l'auteur

Veronica O'Keane is professor of psychiatry and consultant psychiatrist at Trinity College Dublin, with over thirty years of experience in the field. She has published extensively in the academic literature and lives by the sea in Dublin, Ireland.

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Éditeur
W. W. Norton & Company
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0393541924
ISBN 13 
9780393541922
Reliure
Relié
Nombre de pages
288
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  1324021837 ISBN 13 :  9781324021834
Editeur : W. W. Norton & Company, 2022
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