Adventures in Memory (eBook)

The Science and Secrets of Remembering and Forgetting

Hilde Østby, Ylva Østby (Autoren)

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2018
296 Seiten
Greystone Books (Verlag)
978-1-77164-345-0 (ISBN)

Infos

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 worlds 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.

Autor

lt;p>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 Neuropsychology Association.

Sam Kean is the New York Times bestselling author of The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons, Caesar’s Last Breath, The Disappearing Spoon, and The Violinist’s Thumb. His stories have appeared in the New Yorker, Atlantic Monthly, Mental Floss, and Slate, and his work has been featured on NPR's Radiolab, Science Friday, and Fresh Air.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.10.2018
• Vorwort: Sam Kean
• Verlagsort: Vancouver
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: adventures in memory • Altzheimers • alzheimers • books on memory • brain damage • brain experiments • brain research • Brain science • cerebral cortex • Cognition • cognition book • cognitive psych • Cognitive Psychology • diving for seahorses • encyclopedia of love and longing • Episodic Memory • famous memory experiments • Forget • Forgetting • henry molaison • hilde ostby • hippocampus • hippocampus memory • hippocampus seahorse • History • how does memory work • how does the brain work • Human Memory • Hypothalamus • Literary Nonfiction • Lobotomy • medula oblongata • Memory • memory advice • Memory Book • memory experiment • memory experiments • memory help • Memory research • memory tips • neuro • Neuropsychology • Neuroscience • neuroscience book • Norway • Norwegian author • Oslo authors • Oslo books • Ostby sisters • pop psych • pop psychology • popular psychology • Psychology • psychology book • Remember • remembering • Science • science of forgetting • science of memory • secrets of memory • sister authors • situational memory • Trauma • University of Oslo • why do we forget • why do we remember • ylva ostby
• ISBN-10: 1-77164-345-5 / 1771643455
• ISBN-13: 978-1-77164-345-0 / 9781771643450