Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older: How Memory Shapes our Past

Author : Douwe Draaisma (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands)

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Published : Thursday 29 March 2012

ISBN : 9781107646261

Price : €12.86

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29 Mar 2012

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€12.86

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Draaisma applies a blend of scholarship, poetic sensibility and keen observation in exploring the nature of autobiographical memory, covering subjects such as deja-vu, near death experiences and memory recall. 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 deja-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.

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