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Author(s): Douwe Draaisma, Arnold Pomerans, Erica Pomerans
ISBN(s): 9780521834247, 0521834244
Edition: 1
File Details: PDF, 3.49 MB
Year: 2004
Language: english
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ISBN 10: 0521834244 
ISBN 13: 9780521834247
Author: Douwe Draaisma, Arnold Pomerans, Erica Pomerans

Is it true, as the novelist Cees Nooteboom once wrote, that memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases? Where do the long, lazy summers of our childhood go? Why, as we grow older, does time seem to condense, speed up and elude us, while in old age, significant events from our distant past can seem as vivid and real as what happened yesterday? Douwe Draaisma, author of the internationally acclaimed Metaphors of Memory (Cambridge, 2001), explores the nature of autobiographical memory. Applying a unique blend of scholarship, poetic sensibility, and keen observation, he tackles such extraordinary phenomena as deja-vu, near-death experiences, the memory feats of idiot savants, and the effects of extreme trauma on memory recall. Raising almost as many questions as it answers, this fascinating book will not fail to affect you at the same time as it educates and entertains. Douwe Draaisma is Professor of the History of Psychology in the Department of Theory and History of Psychology at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands. He has published books on time and memory and his articles have appeared in professional journals as diverse as Annals of Science, Psychological Medicine, and Nature. The original Dutch version of Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older has won several scientific and literary awards.

Why Life Speeds Up As You Get Older How Memory Shapes our Past 1st Table of contents:

  • 1. Childhood and the Feeling of Originality

    • The Freshness of Early Experiences
    • Why Early Memories Seem So Vivid
    • The “First Time” Phenomenon and Its Impact on Memory
    • Childhood Amnesia and Its Explanations

  • 2. The Accelerating Past

    • The Paradox of Time Perception: Why Years Feel Shorter
    • The Role of Novelty and Repetition
    • Psychological Theories of Time Compression in Memory

  • 3. The Reminiscence Bump

    • Why We Remember More from Adolescence and Early Adulthood
    • Explanations for the Reminiscence Bump (e.g., identity formation, peak experiences)
    • Cultural and Personal Significance of This Period

  • 4. The Fading Present

    • The Difficulty of Recalling Recent Events
    • The “Telescoping” Effect in Memory
    • Distinguishing Recent Past from the Present

  • 5. False Memories, True Lives

    • The Constructive Nature of Memory
    • How Memories Can Be Distorted or Created
    • The Reliability of Eyewitness Testimony
    • Repressed Memories and Their Controversies

  • 6. Phantom Limbs and Phantom Memories

    • The Phenomenon of Phantom Sensations
    • Analogies between Physical and Psychological Phantoms
    • The Persistence of Memories of What Is Lost or No Longer Exists

  • 7. Memory and Trauma

    • How Traumatic Events Are Remembered and Misremembered
    • Flashbulb Memories
    • The Impact of Trauma on Autobiographical Memory

  • 8. The Landscape of Forgetting

    • Different Forms of Forgetting
    • The Adaptive Function of Forgetting
    • Memory and Dementia

  • 9. Past Futures

    • How Our Anticipations and Hopes Shape Our Memories
    • The Role of Future-Oriented Thinking in Constructing the Past
    • Memory as a Bridge to the Future

  • 10. After the Last Memory

    • The End of Memory and Identity
    • Reflections on Mortality and the Legacy of Memory

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