Remember
The Science of Memory and the Art of Forgetting
New York : Harmony Books, [2021]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 256 pages ; 22 cm
The Harvard-trained neuroscientist presents an exploration of the intricacies of human memory that distinguishes between normal and concerning memory loss while explaining the profound roles of sleep, stress, and other contributing influences.
Contents:
Part I: How we remember -- Making memories 101 -- Pay attention -- In the moment -- Muscle memory -- Your brain's Wikipedia -- What happened -- Part II: Why we forget -- Your memories (for what happened) are wrong -- Tip of the tongue -- Don't forget to remember -- This too shall pass -- Fuggedaboutit -- Normal aging -- Alzheimer's -- Part III: Improve or impair -- Put it in context -- Stressed out -- Go to sleep -- Alzheimer's prevention -- The memory paradox.
Subjects:
Memory.
Cognition -- Age factors.
Human information processing -- Age factors.
Brain -- Aging.
Aging -- Prevention.
Alzheimer's disease -- Prevention.
Memory disorders in old age -- Prevention.
Memory.
Cognition -- Age factors.
Human information processing -- Age factors.
Brain -- Aging.
Aging -- Prevention.
Alzheimer's disease -- Prevention.
Memory disorders in old age -- Prevention.
ISBN:
9780593137956
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
PSYCHOLOGY Condition Memory Gen | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/20/2024) |
PSYCHOLOGY Condition Memory Gen | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | Out (Due: 5/21/2024) |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [247]-253).