Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older
How Memory Shapes our Past
Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
| Author: | Douwe Draaisma | ISBN: | 9781107387058 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press | Publication: | March 29, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Douwe Draaisma |
| ISBN: | 9781107387058 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Publication: | March 29, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Cambridge University Press |
| Language: | English |
Entertaining and educational, Douwe Draaisma's Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older raises almost as many questions as it answers. Draaisma applies a blend of scholarship, poetic sensibility and keen observation in exploring the nature of autobiographical memory, covering subjects such as déjà-vu, near death experiences and the effect of severe trauma on memory recall, as well as human perceptions of time at different stages in life. A highly accessible and personal read, this book will not fail to touch or provoke thought in its readers.
Entertaining and educational, Douwe Draaisma's Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older raises almost as many questions as it answers. Draaisma applies a blend of scholarship, poetic sensibility and keen observation in exploring the nature of autobiographical memory, covering subjects such as déjà-vu, near death experiences and the effect of severe trauma on memory recall, as well as human perceptions of time at different stages in life. A highly accessible and personal read, this book will not fail to touch or provoke thought in its readers.
