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Author: Douwe Draaisma
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You cannot call to mind the name of a man you have known for 30 years. You walk into a room and forget what you came for. What is the name of that famous film you’ve watched so many times? These are common experiences, and as we grow older we tend to worry about these lapses. Is our memory failing? Is it dementia?
Douwe Draaisma, a renowned memory specialist, here focuses on memory in later life. Writing with eloquence and humor, he explains neurological phenomena without becoming lost in specialist terminology. His book is reminiscent of Oliver Sacks’s work, and not coincidentally this volume includes a long interview with Sacks, who speaks of his own memory changes as he entered his sixties. Draaisma moves smoothly from anecdote to research and back, weaving stories and science into a compelling description of the terrain of memory. He brings to light the “reminiscence effect,” just one of the unexpected pleasures of an aging memory.
The author writes reassuringly about forgetfulness and satisfyingly dismantles the stubborn myth that mental gymnastics can improve memory. He presents a convincing case in favor of the aging mind and urges us to value the nostalgia that survives as recollection, appreciate the intangible nature of past events, and take pleasure in the consolation of razor-sharp reminiscing.
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- File Size: 398 KB
- Print Length: 173 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0300182864
- Publisher: Yale University Press (September 1, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00EZ22C64
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Read it in one sitting. Made this senior feel that she was not losing her marbles because she remembers her 6th grade teacher's name better than that of her new neighbor.
Ok, it isn't heavyweight but is vastly reassuring. Get it for your mom when she gets a decade past eligibility for AARP. Maybe get it for her with a Kindle, so she can discover what a boon one is for arthritic hands
By hanger on cliffs
An excellent review of memory issues in the elderly. Written by a professional in a style that is easily understood. The nostalgia element is the tendency to remember things from your twenties and thirties, and less of events later in life, not because your memory is failing but because we are processed to have this peculiarity. Very well done.
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