Adventures in Memory (ePub)
The Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting
(Sprache: Englisch)
A novelist and a neuroscientist uncover the secrets of human memory.
What makes us remember? Why do we forget? And what, exactly, is a memory?
With playfulness and intelligence, Adventures in Memory answers these questions and more, offering...
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A novelist and a neuroscientist uncover the secrets of human memory.
What makes us remember? Why do we forget? And what, exactly, is a memory?
With playfulness and intelligence, Adventures in Memory answers these questions and more, offering an illuminating look at one of our most fascinating faculties. The authorstwo Norwegian sisters, one a neuropsychologist and the other an acclaimed writerskillfully interweave history, research, and exceptional personal stories, taking readers on a captivating exploration of the evolving understanding of the science of memory from the Renaissance discovery of the hippocampusnamed after the seahorse it resemblesup to the present day. Mixing metaphor with meta-analysis, they embark on an incredible journey: diving for seahorses for a memory experiment in Oslo fjord, racing taxis through London, and time-traveling to the future to reveal thought-provoking insights into remembering and forgetting. Along the way they interview experts of all stripes, from the world's top neuroscientists to famous novelists, to help explain how memory works, why it sometimes fails, and what we can do to improve it.
Filled with cutting-edge research and nimble storytelling, the result is a charmingand memorableadventure through human memory.
Autoren-Porträt von Hilde Østby, Ylva Østby
Hilde Østby is a writer and editor and the author of Encyclopedia of Love and Longing, a novel about unrequited love that was published to critical acclaim in Norway. She has a master's degree in History of Ideas from the University of Oslo.
Ylva Østby is a clinical neuropsychologist with a PhD from the University of Oslo who devotes her research to the study of memory. She is also vice-president of the Norwegian Neuropsychological Society. She lives in Oslo, Norway.
Sam Kean is the New York Times bestselling author of The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons. His stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, among other publications.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Hilde Østby , Ylva Østby
- 2018, 296 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Greystone Books
- ISBN-10: 1771643455
- ISBN-13: 9781771643450
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.10.2018
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